Kemi Badenoch has suggested migrants should be homed in 'camps' as an alternative to hotels.
Some communities feel unsafe as a result of migrant hotels, the Conservative leader said yesterday during a visit to Essex.
It is expected that official figures will today show more than 50,000 migrants have crossed the Channel since Labour came to power.
Speaking yesterday in Epping – which has been the centre of anti-asylum seeker hotel protests – Mrs Badenoch said: 'Is it possible for us to set up camps and police that, rather than bringing all of this hassle into communities?'
She added: 'As a party, we need to also hear from the community about what you think the solutions are. We don't have all the answers; it's important that we make sure that the community is part of the problem solved.'
