‘She’s Taking Us for a Ride’: Farage Investigates ‘Migrant Hotel’ in Home Secretary’s Own Constituency by VICTORIA FRIEDMAN for Breitbart
Nigel Farage has criticised Priti Patel for failing to tackle the English Channel migrant crisis, releasing footage that appeared to show another hotel completely occupied by illegal boat migrants in the home secretary’s own constituency of Witham in Essex.
The episode is the latest in a series of Farage Investigates. In one report last month, the Brexit Party leader had uncovered a hotel in the north of England turning away British tourist staycationers because the government was using it to house the increasing number of illegal aliens arriving on Britain’s shores from France.
Home Secretary Priti Patel has reportedly said she was “furious” about the rising numbers and France’s refusal to take responsibility for the illegal aliens leaving its shores. More than 4,500 have arrived this year alone — more than double the 1,890 which came in 2019 — with 1,000 landings in ten straight days this month.
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In a video released on Sunday, Mr Farage remarked that despite Patel’s “tough talk”, migrant boats continue to arrive, and it appears that they are being housed “in Priti Patel’s own constituency”.
Home Secretary Priti Patel has been most critical of the crisis in the Channel.
So why is her local hotel in Witham housing illegal migrants?
She is taking her constituents and all of us for a ride. pic.twitter.com/UQHN22EmH8
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) August 16, 2020
Mr Farage investigated the Rivenhall Hotel in Witham after receiving a tip-off from a member of the public. Despite the website saying that it had reopened, Mr Farage tried to book a room online, only to find it was full and appeared to be reserved for the rest of the year.
In his preamble to his reporting, he remarked: “What it looks like is not just the Midlands and the North anymore. The sheer volume of people we’re having to accommodate is increasing, and it looks like hotels in the southern part of England are also filling up.”
On arrival at the hotel, footage showed several men standing outside, while the car park — unusually for a fully-booked hotel — was almost empty. Once inside and questioning whether the building was opened to guests, the receptionist frostily responded that the hotel was full, and suggested he try booking at the end of next month.
As in his investigations on the North of England, a man from the hotel escorted Mr Farage and his team to their car, demanding they leave.
In the car, Farage attempted to use his mobile to book a room in two months’ time, only to receive an error message saying, “sorry, we don’t know when this property will be available”.
