- UK government aims to limit costly use of hotels to house asylum seekers.
- Plans to move them to military bases and barges instead.
- Immigration minister Robert Jenrick outlines intent to toughen asylum system and crack down on people smugglers.
- Risk for government is that problem continues to worsen and number of arrivals keeps growing.
- New legislation promises to bar clandestine migrants from claiming asylum altogether.
UK ups the ante with plans to move asylum seekers to ex-military bases
Using hotels is politically charged and costly, but new legislation threatens to ramp up the numbers needing accommodation
William Wallis
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