🔗 Share this article UK Military Sites to Host Asylum Seekers in Initiative to Terminate Hotel-Based Use Numerous refugee applicants might be accommodated in armed forces facilities as the authorities works to phase out the utilization of hotel accommodations. Talks are in progress regarding the utilization of two sites - one in northern Britain and the other in the southern England - for housing for nine hundred males. The PM has directed Interior Ministry and Defense Department authorities to speed up efforts to locate appropriate military sites. The administration has vowed to eliminate the utilization of refugee hotels, which have cost billions in funds and become a primary concern for anti-migrant protests. Proposed Defense Sites Asylum seekers could be placed in the Inverness barracks in the Scottish city and Crowborough army training camp in the southern county by the final days of the upcoming month. Commercial facilities, interim housing and otherwise disused accommodation are also being considered for future accommodation. Government Commitments Government sources stated that each location would comply with wellbeing requirements. "The government remains extremely concerned at the scale of illegal migrants and refugee lodging facilities." "The current leadership will terminate all refugee hotels. Preparations are well underway, with additional appropriate locations being brought forward to ease pressure on local areas and decrease asylum costs." Current Shelter Figures Around 32 thousand individuals seeking protection are at this time being housed in temporary lodging, representing a drop from a peak of over 56,000 in the previous year. A recent report found that substantial amounts of government revenue had been "misused" on asylum accommodation. Prior Military Facility Utilization Two former military sites - former RAF base in southeastern England and former military base in Kent - are already being utilized to house refugee applicants after being established under the former government. The administration head commented on the circumstances, indicating: "The government is resolved to close each temporary accommodation facility. Words cannot describe how troubled and alarmed I am that we inherited a mess as substantial as this by the former leadership."