Govt is looking to reduce a £2.3 billion ($2.8 billion) annual bill for hotel accommodation. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON – Britain plans to temporarily house asylum seekers in disused military bases and could use ferries and barges in the future in a bid to reduce hotel bills, Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick announced on Wednesday.
The government is also exploring the “possibility of accommodating migrants in vessels” such as ferries and barges as it looks to reduce a £2.3 billion annual bill for hotel accommodation.stopping illegal crossings of the Channel one of his priorities, “Accommodation for migrants should meet their essential living needs and nothing more, because we cannot risk becoming a magnet for the millions of people who are displaced and seeking better economic prospects,” the minister said.
Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab on Wednesday called barges “one possible option”, telling Sky News that the prospect of hotel accommodation was a “perverse incentive” to make the dangerous Channel crossing.
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