Charities criticise ‘costly’ Home Office plan to use more military bases to house asylum seekers - UK politics live
13m ago03.48 EDTHome Office planning to use more military bases to house asylum seekersGood morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. “We are determined to close (hotels),” he told Sky News. “That’s not easy and this is one way of doing it.”Share
- ▪13m ago03.48 EDTHome Office planning to use more military bases to house asylum seekersGood morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics.
- ▪“We are determined to close (hotels),” he told Sky News.
- ▪“That’s not easy and this is one way of doing it.”Share
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13m ago03.48 EDTHome Office planning to use more military bases to house asylum seekersGood morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. We are leading today’s blog on the news that the Home Office is attempting to use three more military sites to house thousands of asylum seekers.Planning permission is being sought at Ministry of Defence sites in Bicester in Oxfordshire, Barnham in Suffolk, and Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire, to accommodate 3,750 asylum seekers, the Home Office said.The government also wants to extend the use of existing military sites in Crowborough, in East Sussex, until 2030, and Wethersfield, in Essex, beyond 2027, a statement said.View image in fullscreenTemporary units that are housing asylum seekers at the Wethersfield base in Essex.
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