Hajj: Western pilgrims left 'with no hotel room' days before pilgrimage

Western pilgrims, using the Saudi-backed Motawif portal, say their hotel in Mecca has "run out of rooms", with some people given keys to rooms already occupied by other guests, just days before the Hajj pilgrimage is due to begin.

One British pilgrim, staying at the city's Fairmont Hotel, who wished to remain anonymous, said pilgrims were left "crying in the hotel lobby" after they were not allocated rooms.

"People have paid for and been told they have rooms [by Motawif] - but the hotel has no rooms," the pilgrim from Coventry told Middle East Eye.

Images sent to MEE confirmed that pilgrims had been left waiting for hours in the hotel lobby.

Some pilgrims at the Fairmont were also given key cards by the hotel, only to discover their rooms were already occupied by someone else.

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