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Hundreds of asylum seekers are to be moved to military sites as the Government aims to end the use of hotels to house migrants.

The Home Office confirmed on Monday (October 27) that two barracks in Scotland and southern England would be used to house around 900 men temporarily, with officials working to identify more sites in the coming weeks and months.

The plans will see men housed at Cameron Barracks in Inverness and Crowborough Training Camp in East Sussex, it was announced.

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Both sites were used to accommodate Afghan families evacuated during the withdrawal from Kabul in 2021 while they were resettled elsewhere, with that work ending earlier this year.

The move is part of Government efforts to end the use

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