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Evening Standard
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David Lynch

More military bases could be used to house migrants, says defence minister

The Government is planning for further military bases to be used to house asylum seekers, a minister said, after it emerged migrants would be moved to the sites of two barracks.

But defence minister Luke Pollard appeared to suggest that the cost of moving migrants into the bases could be higher than housing them in hotels.

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