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Plans to house UK asylum seekers in barracks are costly and complicated, experts say


Exclusive: Organisations warn using the barracks in Sussex and Inverness may be more expensive than hotels

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Refugee organisations have described plans to house thousands of asylum seekers in two disused military sites as fanciful and too expensive as local discontent grows.

The Home Office has confirmed that two barracks: Cameron in Inverness and Crowborough training camp in East Sussex, will be used to house about 900 men temporarily. Officials are working to identify more sites.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/28/experts-decry-plans-to-house-uk-asylum-seekers-in-barracks-as-fanciful

Author : Rajeev Syal and Libby Brooks

Publish date : 2025-10-28 13:39:00

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