MP wants clarity over asylum seekers at fort

Further clarity is being sought regarding the housing of asylum seekers at Fort Blockhouse - despite a recent Home Office comment that said this was currently off the table.

- by Freddie Webb

Conservative MP Dame Caroline Dinenage has written to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to urge her to address the situation.

Concerns were sparked in Gosport after the government confirmed to The News last week that ex-military sites would be considered as alternative sites to hotels - housing people while their asylum applications are considered.

With the nearby Haslar Immigration Removal Centre being renovated, ahead of being brought back to use to return people whose applications were rejected, rumours spread that Fort Blockhouse would be turned into an overflow site.