Government has vowed to end use of asylum hotels and plans to send first men to Crowborough site within weeks
The Home Office plans to send the first group of asylum seekers to a military site in East Sussex in the new year, the Guardian understands.
Discussions in Whitehall are under way to use Crowborough army training camp within weeks as part of efforts to end the use of hotels for asylum accommodation.
The discussions have come despite angry protests from local people and threats of legal action from the council and a community group.
Keir Starmer has pledged to end the use of hotels for asylum seekers by the next election, due no later than 2029. But recently the numbers have risen. There were 36,273 people staying in temporary accommodation in September, while awaiting a decision on their asylum claims, an increase of 13% compared with June, according to Home Office data.
