Middlesbrough at breaking point over asylum seeker numbers
A TOWN flooded by a sudden surge of asylum seekers can no longer cope, angry locals claimed yesterday.
New figures revealed Middlesbrough has topped England's asylum seeker league with the town becoming the first in the country to breach Government accommodation guidelines.
The amount of cheap housing in the Teesside town means it has become a magnet for penniless arrivals seeking sanctuary in the UK.
The Government insists no local authority area should need to house more than one asylum seeker per 200 of population.
But a Middlesbrough Council report has revealed almost 1,000 asylum seekers are currently being housed in the town, which has a population estimated at 138,400 - putting it almost one-and-a-half times the Government limit.
Asylum seekers are generally housed at taxpayers' expense homes while the Home Office decides whether to grant them asylum. ...
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