PETITION TO STOP THE CONVERSION OF STANWELL HOTEL INTO A MALE-ONLY ASYLUM FACILITY
Date: 29 July 2025
To: The Right Honourable Member of Parliament, Surrey County Council, Spelthorne Borough Council, and the Home Office
From: Concerned Residents, Businesses and Conservative elected Borough representatives
We, the undersigned, write with grave concern regarding the recent directive from the Home Office to convert the asylum accommodation at the Stanwell Hotel into a male-only facility.
Stanwell has already shouldered more than its fair share in supporting asylum accommodation. While our community has demonstrated compassion and tolerance, the decision to remove families and children from the hotel—some of whom were attending our local Town Farm School—and replace them with an exclusively male population is deeply troubling.
This change was made without proper consultation with local residents, community leaders, or our local services. It risks altering the character of our semi-rural village, placing unnecessary strain on local resources, and potentially creating safety and safeguarding concerns for residents—particularly women and young people.
We wish to be clear: this is not a question of race or prejudice. This is about fairness, transparency, community cohesion, and the right of Stanwell residents to feel safe and be heard in decisions that directly affect our lives and our town.
We call upon the Central Government and Home Office to immediately reverse this directive.
We further demand that:
- No changes to asylum accommodation in Stanwell be made without full and open consultation with the community.
- The needs and safety of our residents—especially our children—be made a top priority.
- A fairer distribution of asylum accommodation be implemented across all boroughs to avoid overburdening small communities like Stanwell.
Stanwell should not be treated as a dumping ground for poorly planned government policies. Our community deserves better.
We urge all concerned residents to sign this petition to stand against this decision and protect the safety, wellbeing, and integrity of our neighbourhood.
Together, we can KEEP STANWELL SAFE for all.
With sincere thanks,
Lead petitioner Cllr Karen Howkins
with the support of all Conservative Spelthorne Borough Councillors.
Promoted by Spelthorne Conservates of 13 Station Approach, Ashford, TW15 2QN
Updates
Reached 2,500 supporters
August 31, 2025
Reached 1,000 supporters
July 31, 2025
Reached 100 supporters
July 30, 2025
749 Comments
Creating all male accommodation will put a high concentration of single males in the area and I am concerned about the behaviour this could bring about. All accommodation should be mixed and provide shelter for families and single people of both genders.
Absolutely should not be allowed, to close to schools and play parks, stanwell doesn’t need this as my daughter already feels unsafe and can’t be rehoused from a bedsit to a property that suits her and my grandsons needs. Beyond disgusted at the government
I do not understand why this would be a male only asylum hotel, removing females and family, it does it make sense and I have fears that this will have a negative impact on our community and on the safety of our women and children.
The families currently living there have integrated into the local community, what is the benefit of moving these families out? To have a hotel with male only asylum seekers , some of which may not have been vetted, is a major concern for me.
Please do not allow this to happen. It will increase the risk of these men harassing women and children in the local area . If they are already doing it to women in the hotel what's stopping them from doing it outside the hotel in larger numbers. Ridiculous idea
Object to hotel conversion per subject.
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PETITION TO STOP THE CONVERSION OF STANWELL HOTEL INTO A MALE-ONLY ASYLUM FACILITY
Date: 29 July 2025
To: The Right Honourable Member of Parliament, Surrey County Council, Spelthorne Borough Council, and the Home Office
From: Concerned Residents, Businesses and Conservative elected Borough representatives
We, the undersigned, write with grave concern regarding the recent directive from the Home Office to convert the asylum accommodation at the Stanwell Hotel into a male-only facility.
Stanwell has already shouldered more than its fair share in supporting asylum accommodation. While our community has demonstrated compassion and tolerance, the decision to remove families and children from the hotel—some of whom were attending our local Town Farm School—and replace them with an exclusively male population is deeply troubling.
This change was made without proper consultation with local residents, community leaders, or our local services. It risks altering the character of our semi-rural village, placing unnecessary strain on local resources, and potentially creating safety and safeguarding concerns for residents—particularly women and young people.
We wish to be clear: this is not a question of race or prejudice. This is about fairness, transparency, community cohesion, and the right of Stanwell residents to feel safe and be heard in decisions that directly affect our lives and our town.
We call upon the Central Government and Home Office to immediately reverse this directive.
We further demand that:
- No changes to asylum accommodation in Stanwell be made without full and open consultation with the community.
- The needs and safety of our residents—especially our children—be made a top priority.
- A fairer distribution of asylum accommodation be implemented across all boroughs to avoid overburdening small communities like Stanwell.
Stanwell should not be treated as a dumping ground for poorly planned government policies. Our community deserves better.
We urge all concerned residents to sign this petition to stand against this decision and protect the safety, wellbeing, and integrity of our neighbourhood.
Together, we can KEEP STANWELL SAFE for all.
With sincere thanks,
Lead petitioner Cllr Karen Howkins
with the support of all Conservative Spelthorne Borough Councillors.
Promoted by Spelthorne Conservates of 13 Station Approach, Ashford, TW15 2QN
Updates
Reached 2,500 supporters
August 31, 2025
Reached 1,000 supporters
July 31, 2025
Reached 100 supporters
July 30, 2025
749 Comments
Allowing undocumented men to occupy The Stanwell Hotel will risk the safety of local women and girls, as well as disrupt the peace in Stanwell and cause further distress to the refugee families currently in the hotel, who have integrated into the local community.
Creating all male accommodation will put a high concentration of single males in the area and I am concerned about the behaviour this could bring about. All accommodation should be mixed and provide shelter for families and single people of both genders.
Absolutely should not be allowed, to close to schools and play parks, stanwell doesn’t need this as my daughter already feels unsafe and can’t be rehoused from a bedsit to a property that suits her and my grandsons needs. Beyond disgusted at the government
I do not understand why this would be a male only asylum hotel, removing females and family, it does it make sense and I have fears that this will have a negative impact on our community and on the safety of our women and children.
The families currently living there have integrated into the local community, what is the benefit of moving these families out? To have a hotel with male only asylum seekers , some of which may not have been vetted, is a major concern for me.
Please do not allow this to happen. It will increase the risk of these men harassing women and children in the local area . If they are already doing it to women in the hotel what's stopping them from doing it outside the hotel in larger numbers. Ridiculous idea
Object to hotel conversion per subject.
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Allowing undocumented men to occupy The Stanwell Hotel will risk the safety of local women and girls, as well as disrupt the peace in Stanwell and cause further distress to the refugee families currently in the hotel, who have integrated into the local community.