Man allegedly rape teenage boy at hotel in London

A man in his 30s has been accused of raping a teenage boy, and another alleged incident involving a child is also said to have happened there in an east London hotel that served as a refuge for refugees.

Suella Braverman, the home secretary has come under intense pressure as a result of growing concerns about ongoing overcrowding and unsafe refugee facilities. The Metropolitan police confirmed they are looking into both incidents.

The same Walthamstow lodging establishment is where the other child is said to have been sexually assaulted. The Met reported that a person would appear in court the following week on one count of sexually touching a child under the age of 13.

According to The Guardian Uk, the two alleged incidents are said to have happened at a hotel where 250 adults and 150 children have reportedly crammed together just weeks apart.

Stella Creasy, a Labour MP, demanded that Braverman step down in response to the revelations, claiming that the Home Office had not taken sufficient measures to protect refugee children. Such lodging has previously been referred to by Braverman as “nice hotels” that can cost up to £150 per person per night.

Despite Home Office commitments to reduce its use, the number of asylum seekers staying in hotels nearly tripled in 2021. Rishi Sunak stated during the prime minister’s questions on Wednesday that the Home Office needed to make hotel reservations for hundreds more refugees.

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The Manston immigration processing center in Kent is just one of the overcrowded immigration centers where the government is under intense pressure to relocate asylum seekers.

Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy has called for Home Secretary Suella Braverman to resign over the revelations of overcrowding.

“There is nothing patriotic about making children suffer but that is exactly what is happening as a direct result of this home secretary’s failure to get to grips with processing asylum,” she said in the Commons.

In response, Ms. Braverman said that unaccompanied asylum-seeking children were only being accommodated “in hotels with a maximum occupancy of 353”.

The home secretary added: “What I would just say to her is this, I think it is a fallacy to suggest that we are somehow cutting corners. When I arrived at the Home Office I have been frankly very dismayed and appalled to find that we are spending on average £150 per person, per night to accommodate people in hotels.

“By my standards, that is quite a nice hotel and upon my review and closer scrutiny of how that decision-making was taking place, I identified several four-star hotels around the country being procured for this purpose. For me, that is not an acceptable use of taxpayers’ money.”