
Putting up asylum seekers in Hull hotel still divides city
Ed Thomas reports from Hull, a city where hundreds of asylum seekers have been housed.
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Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a historic maritime city and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, 25 miles (40 km) inland from the North Sea. It is a tightly bounded city which excludes the majority of its suburbs, with a population of 268,852 (2022), it is the fourth-largest city in the Yorkshire and the Humber region. The built-up area has a population of 436,300.
Ed Thomas reports from Hull, a city where hundreds of asylum seekers have been housed.
Hull MP Dame Diana Johnson says keeping the document under embargo until 2042 is "unjustifiable".