Home Office plan to use more military bases to house asylum seekers (opens original article in a new tab)

The UK Home Office is planning to use three additional military sites to accommodate asylum seekers, reducing reliance on hotels, as part of broader immigration reforms and amid political and public debate over the approach.

• Home Office plans to use three more military sites to house asylum seekers, aiming to move them out of hotels.
• Labour pledges to stop using asylum hotels, which are costly and linked to anti-migrant protests.
• Military sites face practical difficulties and opposition from residents and human rights groups.
• Government aims to increase use of MoD sites as part of immigration reforms, including forced removals of refused asylum seekers.