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15 Feb 2012

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BBC News

Sheffield demonstration over asylum housing contract [UK]

A demonstration has taken place...over plans to give a security firm a contract to manage housing for asylum seekers across Yorkshire...South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG) said "G4S was not the best company for the job". G4S said it would work with local agencies to engage asylum seekers. Stuart Crossthwaite, from SYMAAG, said: "We believe they got the contract because they undercut the other bidders. For them its about saving money...Mr Crossthwaite said the company should not be awarded the contract while an ongoing police investigation was being carried out into the death of an Angolan detainee, Jimmy Mubenga, while in the care of G4S in 2010...G4S said it expected to sign a contract later this month. "Our focus would be to ensure that asylum seekers can be integrated into local communities and into housing which is safe, sanitary and fit for purpose," it said.