Military barracks will replace hotels for asylum seekers

MILITARY planners are trying to find barracks to house asylum seekers and accelerate the closure of migrant hotels, it emerged yesterday.

- By Michael Knowles

Defence Secretary John Healey said the armed forces have been drafted in to help boost the control of borders.

They are working alongside the Home Office to end the asylum accommodation crisis, which has led to taxpayers shelling out £5.7million a day on hotels and migrants being moved into flats and houses.

Mr Healey told the BBC: “We've got planners alongside the Home Office. We're looking at military and nonmilitary sites for potential temporary accommodation.