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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

Government could be forced to pay millions to police asylum barges and military bases

PA

The government could be forced to pay police millions of pounds to cover security operations around Rishi Sunak's asylum barges and military bases, The Independent can reveal.

Police have calculated they need hundreds of thousands of pounds for each new ship or site to cover additional patrols, and deal with anticipated protests by anti-refugee groups and extremists.

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