Refugees living in a hotel in Evesham are being forced out of their homes under new Government plans says a charity.

Between 8,000-9,000, Afghan refugees are currently living in hotels across the country.

Scores of refugees from Afghanistan have been living in Evesham Hotel for 18 months.

Campaigners from Evesham Vale Welcomes Refugees (EVWR) said the hotel's residents have settled in and want to remain in the town.

But on Friday (August 4) the Home Office told refugees living in the hotel that they are being relocated to an "unknown location" within days.

Some Afghan refugees living in hotels in other parts of the country have already been relocated.

Local Government Association (LGA) said one in five refugees have presented themselves as homeless to councils after being evicted from hotel accommodation.

Serco UK is the housing provider at Evesham Hotel but a spokesperson said the decision to relocate came from the Home Office.

A spokesperson from the Home Office said: "The Home Office continues to provide safe accommodation for asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute, as we work to end the use of hotels which are costing UK, taxpayers, almost £6 million a day.

"Accommodation is allocated on a no-choice basis and individuals may be moved to other locations in line with the Allocation of Accommodation guidance."

Councillor Dan Boatright-Greene, Worcestershire County Councillor for Pershore said: "If you are doing something that is sensible and above board, you would be honest with them and tell them where they are being taken.

"Otherwise it is just sinister.

"It is bizarre not to tell them anything."

However, a spokesperson for the Home Office added: "The Home Office does not comment on commercial arrangements for individual sites used for asylum accommodation."

The EVWR said what is happening is inhumane and indefensible.

A spokesperson from EVWR added: "To move them with days notice, split them all up and send them away from the people they now consider family while they already struggle with their mental health certainly does not bring them a sense of safety all people deserve.

"You should be ashamed of yourselves and we beg you to show some humanity and reconsider this decision.

"How do you think the local schooling system will cope if you fill that hotel with families? "The hotel which you initially told us was completely unsuitable for families! One that you already house families of 5 in one room."

The organisation has now started to urge people to email MP Nigel Huddleston and posted a template they could use.