Events at the Stradey Park Hotel earlier this week have come as a devastating blow, particular to the hardworking staff there.
The top priority at this time is for those affected to receive all the necessary support from Carmarthenshire County Council, Welsh Government and other relevant agencies to help them get through this very difficult time.
The hotel’s current owners now, as a matter of urgency, need to provide more clarity on its future intentions and make every effort for the hotel to be retained as an important and positive asset of community and economic life here in Llanelli.
I want to reassure residents that I have been in touch directly with the Immigration Minister Alex Morris MP in the last 24 hours, and he has given me immediate, firm assurances that the Home Office will NOT be using Stradey Park Hotel to house asylum seekers. This Labour Government is closing asylum hotels, not opening them.