Caerphilly Council is unable to state the amount currently spent, and I am flabbergasted at this especially when Caerphilly CBC state we have 63 housed so far in the borough. Newport City Council is unable to confirm how many are residing within the authority.
Submitting an FOI, Cllr Etheridge said: “I find it unacceptable they have not given me the number of asylum seekers in the county borough of Newport and referred me to the Home Office.
“Does each authority interpret the FOI legislation differently, even though they are next door?
“Perhaps they need to be more joined up as Newport and Islwyn are one constituency come the Senedd election “
I think it’s disgusting we have hundreds and hundreds of people on the housing register in both boroughs and others seem to take priority over our own residents. This is unacceptable.
Cllr George Etheridge,
Blackwood