The group of women, along with three children under the age of three, has been staying at the Hotel NR19 in Dereham for a month after being evicted from their home in Norwich.

The hotel has come under intense scrutiny for its growing perception as a “dumping ground” for ex-offenders.

Additional fears have been raised by councillors that many of these ex-offenders are being housed next to vulnerable women.

The family consists of two sisters and a mother. The oldest sister has two daughters aged three and one, while her younger sibling has a one-year-old and is six months pregnant.

They say their rooms are small, and sleeping arrangements are difficult.

The older sibling was not given a cot, and instead has had to push two single beds together to form a large uneven set-up she shares with her children.

The older sister shares this makeshift sleeping arrangement with her two children (Image: Submitted)

She does what she can to make it work, such as sleeping on the side not protected by a wall, but admitted her two daughters frequently fall off and bang their heads.

Her sister said the cot in her room was broken and within a week, her baby had fallen out, banged her head and needed an ambulance.

When the older sister informed Norwich City Council - which........

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