A public meeting descended into chaos after locals were told hundreds of illegal migrants staying at a hotel could soon be getting access to free private healthcare.
The bombshell accusation was made during a fiery debate led by members of Trafford Council, in Greater Manchester, sparking an outcry of anger from local residents.
Nathan Evans, Conservative group leader at the council, claimed asylum seekers housed at the Cresta Court Hotel in Altrincham had been contracted to a private ‘doctors’ system’.
It comes after the hotel was abruptly converted into migrant accommodation for some 300 men, with the news only coming to light after thousands of bookings – including some wedding receptions – were cancelled without warning.
Speaking at a church meeting about the fiasco, worried locals voiced their fears about the migrants at the hotel and the impact they would have on the area’s ‘stretched’ health services.
‘They’re contracted with… a private doctors’ system,’ Councillor…