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LB takes a look at:
Regency House,
75-77 St Mary's Rd,
Sheffield City Centre,
Sheffield,
S2 4AN
Another secret migrant facility hidden what was once student accommodation in the highly student populated area of Sheffield.
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[Music]
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Hey up and welcome to the channel. Today
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we're in Sheffield again having a look
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at another migrant facility which hasn't
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been widely documented. It is located at
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Regency House
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down at St. Mary's Road in Sheffield
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and it previously operated as security
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come as sorry as student accommodation
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providing rooms for approximately 75
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students and it stood empty from around
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2019.
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In late 2020 planning applications was
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submitted. I'll put a link that in the
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description and a screenshot of it on
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the screen.
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seeking approval to convert the building
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from a student housing into a short-term
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asylum hostel.
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This overflow initial accommodation
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would host asylum seekers for 4 to 6
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weeks, especially when the Wakefield
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facility was full. By February 2021, the
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council had approved the change. The
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site would accommodate up to 105 people,
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a mix of families and individuals, and
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include communal facilities such as
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classrooms, a courtyard, laundry,
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teaching spaces, and secure entrances.
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It would also be staffed 24/7 with
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welfare support and CCTV,
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though made to look indistinct to the
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public with no signage.
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Mia's Limited and Hencap Housing
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properties were contracted by the Home
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Office to operate the site. The
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intention was to decongest Wakefield's
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urban house and provide a more
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controlled safe environment than hotels
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or shared housing.
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A company site listing
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later still presents Regency House as
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student accommodation suggesting that
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the band branding backdrops may remain
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in place even though the use has
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changed. So I'm going to walk in. I've
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got my uh high vizy on today and we're
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going to cover the camera up and have to
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go to reception and inquire about the
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student accommodation.
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So, I'm going to cover the camera up now
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with the high viz and walk down
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and try and gain access to see there's
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any signages inside.
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[Music]
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Right, we are just outside.
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Going to try and go in and ask to see
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where reception is.
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[Music]
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[Music]
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[Music]
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Hello.
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Hey. Is this Regency House?
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Yeah.
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Is reception anywhere that I can just go
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have a quick chat with?
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Uh, yeah. Can I see your ID?
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[Music]
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Yes, you can.
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Okay.
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Right. So, because there's no visual off
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the camera because it's under my high
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viz, I've got my arm resting over the
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camera so you can't see the bulge on my
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chest. Um, so I just rang the buzzer,
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heard the beep, and the security guard
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asked me for ID, and I just had a
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basically a blank card with my picture
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on, and I just showed her that, and she
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says, "Yes, that is fine."
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[Music]
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This still student accommodation.
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This still student accommodation? Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Sorry.
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Is this still student accommodation?
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Hey, is this still student
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accommodation? Right. So, I've just
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paused the video here when I've walked
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into the reception area. We've got two
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members of staff. This one
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and this one.
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Um, just in the office. And then I
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inquire if it is student accommodation.
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Um, we got one of the residents here.
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And I'm not sure if this guy here is one
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of the residents either or if he's just
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another member of staff.
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But this gentleman here, you see my
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cursor over his face.
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He is actually a plain clothes
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police officer, which we find out in one
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second.
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No. Sorry. I just don't remember the
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bubble walking past just intrigue seeing
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what's going on.
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[Music]
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Come on. You can't come in. Sorry if
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look at the notice board.
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No, you absolutely cannot. Come on.
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Excuse me.
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Okay.
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Thank you.
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So, as I'm being ushered out very very
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quickly, there's this sign on the door
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which I've just paused and zoomed in on
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where it says
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preparing for an asylum decision. I turn
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around to look at that picture
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and the woman covers it up very quickly
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so I cannot read it.
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Thank you very much for your time.
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That's it. Thank you. Take care.
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So is it a asylum place now then?
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No.
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No.
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No.
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So on the way out I did just ask said,
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"Oh, so is this an asylum place now?"
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after seeing that asylum sign on the
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door and blatantly lying. Nope. Nope.
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Nope. That's all they said.
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Open the door. You're safe.
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Open the door.
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Oh god. Don't push me. Thank you.
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So I am leaving as he asked me to leave.
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So there's no chance of it becoming
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aggravated trespass whatsoever. So
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there's no breach of the peace of me.
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And I just stopped to have a look at
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this notice board. And as you could see,
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the woman in the gray top physically put
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hands on me and was started pushing me
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to the door because I stopped just to
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have a quick look glance at the notice
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board, which I'll run that back now so
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you can see.
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Oh, don't worry. Don't push me. Thank
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you.
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You need to leave me
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police station.
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So, here you go. As you can see now,
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he's pulled out his badge and informed
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me he's a police officer. He told me his
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number. I can't remember what it is now.
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Um, and I can't really hear it that well
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on the video, but he is from Atliffe
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Police Station.
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Okay.
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Yeah, fine. I'm with you.
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Before there's a breach of the peace.
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So, as you heard him, he says, "We don't
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want to there to be a breach of the
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peace."
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Um, there was no breach of the peace for
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me. So, I was always calm, polite,
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didn't swear.
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The only thing that would have caused a
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breach of the peace is the lady in the
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center of the screen now
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uh by getting physical and putting hands
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on when I was leaving, which that could
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be classed as an assault, which would be
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the only criminal
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offense which took place, not just a
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civil trespass.
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That's good. Goodbye.
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No worries. Thank you.
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See you later.
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Thanks for
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the cheers.
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So, it is it is an asylum secret place
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and they do have
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[Music]
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they do have police inside as well.
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So,
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it won't push me. So, get me out, which
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is fair enough. They let me in. So, it's
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not an asylum place apparently,
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but it is.
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So, that's not that one.
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[Music]
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But it is a nice old building.
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Have cameras up. There's no signage here
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saying student accommodation.
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But so it is
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an asylum seeker hotel
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and that's all we're going to get from
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that one.
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So that's another location
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[Music]
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in the city of Sheffield.
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This isn't there. I think with the uh I
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think at the bottom that's a different
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location. That's a different property.
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So that is
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[Music]
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another location where they are housing
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migrants. They're housing individuals
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and families in that one. And as I said,
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it is families and individuals.
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Um, if it is individual males, this is a
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highly populated student area. And if
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they are allowed to go out on an
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evening, there might be some intoxicated
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students
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walking about after being for a night
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out. And there's been a lot of reports
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in the news and media about
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the people living in these types of
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places not being able to keep their
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hands to their self. So I think it is
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quite important to document these
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facilities in these built-up areas.
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That's only a short one on that one.
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Going to get a look at the notice
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boards. It was saying about asylum on
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the posters as you can see on if you
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pause the video.
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So as I said they have a police officer
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inside in plain clothes.
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He asked me to leave if there was a
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breach of the peace. The only breach of
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the piece was a lady pushing me.
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So I land that one there.
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But that is another hidden location in
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Sheffield. So thanks for watching.
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