MINISTERS have unveiled plans to house asylum seekers in disused military bases to accommodate their "essential living needs and nothing more" despite legal threats from local Conservatives.
Despite opposition from within the Cabinet, he confirmed RAF Wethersfield in Essex and RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire will house migrants, as will a separate site on private land in Bexhill, East Sussex.
Mr Jenrick said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was "bringing forward proposals" to use the Catterick Garrison barracks to house asylum seekers in his constituency to show "leadership."
Charities said the military accommodation is "grossly inadequate" to house people who have fled war.
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