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Home Office plan to use more military bases to house asylum seekers
Key takeaways
- PA Media Image caption, Crowborough Training Camp in East Sussex is already being use to house asylum seekers
- The Home Office is attempting to use three more military sites to house thousands of asylum seekers, as the government seeks to move people out of hotels.
- Three Ministry of Defence (Mo D) sites in Bicester in Oxfordshire, Barnham in Suffolk, and Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire, could house about 3,750 asylum seekers if planning permission is granted.
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PA Media Image caption, Crowborough Training Camp in East Sussex is already being use to house asylum seekers
The Home Office is attempting to use three more military sites to house thousands of asylum seekers, as the government seeks to move people out of hotels.
Three Ministry of Defence (Mo D) sites in Bicester in Oxfordshire, Barnham in Suffolk, and Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire, could house about 3,750 asylum seekers if planning permission is granted.
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