Plans to move asylum seekers into military barracks on Tuesday faced a fierce backlash from the areas earmarked for new accommodation, including claims the sites had previously been rejected by ministers.

The Home Office has identified two barracks in Scotland and one in southern England – as revealed by The i Paper – to house 900 migrants by the end of the year as it looks to shut down asylum hotels.

A Home Office source said the plan would be to eventually house thousands of asylum seekers on similar sites, as well as in Portakabins , in a bid to shut down hotels that No 10 said amounted to “luxury” sites that had lost public confidence. New Feature

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