MINISTERS have unveiled plans to house asylum seekers in disused military bases to accommodate their "essential living needs and nothing more" despite legal threats from local Conservatives.
Despite opposition from within the Cabinet, he confirmed RAF Wethersfield in Essex and RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire will house migrants, as will a separate site on private land in Bexhill, East Sussex.
Mr Jenrick said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was "bringing forward proposals" to use the Catterick Garrison barracks to house asylum seekers in his constituency to show "leadership."
Charities said the military accommodation is "grossly inadequate" to house people who have fled war.
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Randell relishing his new role for Pilgrims
MIDFIELDER IS LEARNING A LOT UNDER HEAD COACH ROONEY
McPhee delighted with the response of Parkway players
IT was the former Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, who famously said that a week is a long time in politics.
Making a song and dance of it
JOAQUIN PHOENIX AND LADY GAGA UNITE FOR A JOKER SEQUEL WHICH DITCHES THE FIRST FILM'S BLOOD, GORE AND ACTION FOR A MORE MELODIC APPROACH
Historic 'house of pleasure' is to be restored
A GEORGIAN 'pleasure house' in the grounds of Mount Edgcumbe Country Park is to undergo a restoration and revival.
Law change plan for assisted dying
PROPOSALS to change the law to give terminally ill people \"choice at the end of life\" are to be introduced in Parliament this month.
Jenrick claim blasted
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Israeli order to evacuate
THE Israeli military yesterday ordered the evacuation of villages and towns in southern Lebanon that are north of a United Nationsdeclared buffer zone established after the 2006 war.
Prison sentence for sex offender
INDECENT IMAGES OF CHILDREN DISCOVERED
MP to join Warrior Women Walk
EVENT SUPPORTS DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIMS
