Immigration minister exploring most basic accommodation possible to dissuade people from coming to UK
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Asylum seekers will be housed in the most basic accommodation possible, including disused army bases and possibly ships, to save money and to dissuade people from coming to the UK, the government has said.
In a Commons statement setting out the next stage in the plans to prevent asylum claims in the UK, Robert Jenrick, the immigration minister, said the plans would meet legal requirements to ensure those who arrived were not made “destitute”, but nothing more.
Continue reading…Immigration minister exploring most basic accommodation possible to dissuade people from coming to UKPolitics live – latest updatesAsylum seekers will be housed in the most basic accommodation possible, including disused army bases and possibly ships, to save money and to dissuade people from coming to the UK, the government has said.In a Commons statement setting out the next stage in the plans to prevent asylum claims in the UK, Robert Jenrick, the immigration minister, said the plans would meet legal requirements to ensure those who arrived were not made “destitute”, but nothing more. Continue reading…