Britain houses migrants in former military bases

The UK government is preparing to take new measures to address the issue of temporarily housing illegal migrants. This was reported by Zamin.uz.

Officials plan to accommodate migrants whose asylum requests are being processed in former military bases. This information was provided by Britain's The Daily Telegraph, citing its sources.

This initiative presented by the new government aims to further tighten the country's immigration policy. This responsibility was assigned to Shabana Mahmood, who was appointed head of the Home Office on September 5.

She began her work following changes in Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government. According to the plan, migrants currently living in hotels will be relocated using former military sites.

Currently, the costs of housing migrants in hotels place a heavy burden on the national budget and have caused public dissatisfaction. According to reports, the government plans to adapt two former military bases located in the counties of Essex and Kent near London for migrants.

These bases were previously considered as migrant reception centers during the former Conservative government but were criticized by human rights activists as degrading and prison-like facilities. The current initiative is expected to be implemented taking these criticisms into account.