"We've deployed a military planning team into Border Security Command and the Home Office to look at military and non-military sites, about where we can help build temporary but adequate accommodation that enables us to transfer those folks from asylum hotels into that temporary accommodation so we can close even more hotels. We've closed 25 in the last year, but the Prime Minister is clear he wants every single one of them closed."
"The Ministry of Defence has expertise that no other Government department has and so that's precisely why we're using the military planners - those experts that delivered so much of the additional support during Covid, for instance, that respond to emergencies nationwide - we're using those skilled people to support this effort, and certainly getting on top of this issue is a Government priority."
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced that countries refusing to accept migrants from the UK could face suspension of British visas. Mahmood met Five Eyes counterparts from New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States to coordinate action against smuggling gangs. Ministers are examining use of military bases to provide temporary but adequate accommodation for asylum seekers. Around 1,097 migrants crossed the English Channel on 17 boats on Saturday, bringing the year-to-date total to 30,100. Defence minister Luke Pollard said a military planning team has been deployed into Border Security Command and the Home Office to identify sites and build accommodation and enable transfers from hotels.
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