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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rajeev Syal and Diane Taylor

Protests expected as first asylum seekers arrive at East Sussex camp

Single-storey red brick blocks behind barbed wire fence
Crowborough training camp in East Sussex received 27 men on Thursday with up to 500 people in total expected to arrive in the coming months. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

A first group of asylum seekers has been moved into a former military camp in East Sussex, the Home Office has said, amid expectations of further protests and legal challenges.

Crowborough training camp received 27 men in the early hours of Thursday morning, a statement said, which will be scaled up to 500 over several months.

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