Asylum seekers will get the most basic housing possible, says Robert Jenrick
by Peter Walker Political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6A9TF)
Minister sets out plans to use old army bases and possibly ships to save money and dissuade people from coming to UK
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 reduce asylum claims in the UK, Robert Jenrick, the immigration minister, said the plans would meet legal requirements to ensure that those who arrived were not made destitute", but nothing more.
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