Asylum in Stoke: "A home not fit for humans."

(Broadcast on BBC Radio Stoke, September 2014)

Claims of "windowless bedrooms, infested with insects, and not fit for human beings".

BBC Radio Stoke has had exclusive access to a building in Shelton where asylum seekers are being housed.

The property had been closed for two years before it was opened earlier this month by G4S -- the private security firm which works for the Home Office.

Earlier this year a National Audit Investigation found that G4S struggled when taking over government contracts in the Midlands.

Our reporter EMMA THOMAS was invited into the building by asylum seekers who tell us -- even though they're fleeing persecution in their own countries -- they feel at risk here...

(The Home Office has said the UK has a proud history of granting asylum and they are looking into the accommodation issues raised.)