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A deal brokered more than a decade ago to stop asylum seekers being housed in north Manchester could be lifted - but no one wants to talk about it. The ban on new asylum seeker accommodation is still in place in some parts of the city.
The moratorium on asylum seeker accommodation in certain Manchester postcodes was put in place during the last Labour government. But Serco - the company contracted by the government to house asylum seekers in the north west - wants to lift the moratorium, according to Manchester council.
It comes as the government tries to cut the use of hotels as asylum seeker accommodation which it claims is costing the taxpayer £6m a day. In a bid to cut costs, it has recently started housing some people on a barge in Dorset.
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Serco has refused to comment on its request to lift the moratorium on asylum seeker accommodation in north Manchester, while the Home Office did not address the claims directly. Broughton and Blackley MP Graham Stringer, who negotiated the moratorium nearly 20 years ago, has accused the government of being 'secretive', claiming he has not been contacted about lifting the ban.
He said: "It's very disturbing that the Home Office is being so secretive about this. The fact is that Manchester has taken a disproportionate number of people seeking refugee status and there's a housing crisis in Manchester.
"The context has got worse in terms of housing anybody at the present time. My inbox at the moment is jammed full of people in desperate situations – either without housing or in housing that's not fit for human habitation."
The moratorium on new asylum seeker accommodation in the M8, M9
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