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The UK government plans to expand military and non-military sites to house asylum seekers amid record Channel crossings and public protests against hotel accommodations.
- On Sunday, Defence Secretary John Healey said the government is considering using military sites to house asylum seekers to move them out of hotels while assessing options.
- Rising small-boat crossings and summer protests mean an estimated 1,000 people arrived on Saturday and 32,059 asylum seekers were in hotels at June's end.
- In a Sunday interview, Healey said military planners embedded in border command are working with the Home Office to explore military and non-military temporary housing for some asylum seekers.
- Two former military sites, MDP Wethersfield, Essex, and Napier Barracks, Kent, are already housing asylum seekers, with Napier Barracks extended beyond this month.
- Against a backdrop of record crossings and criticism, a record 29,003 people crossed the Channel in small boats so far in 2025, up from 21,052 in 2024, while ministers face a 'really broken and very slow asylum system'.
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