THREE more former military bases are to be turned into migrant housing as part of Labour’s plan to close asylum hotels.
The sites would hold 3,750 people, if approved.
They are a Ministry of Defence site in Bicester, Oxfordshire, RAF Barnham in Suffolk, and RAF Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire.
The Tories abandoned plans for a 1,500-person centre in tiny Linton in 2022.
Labour’s plans announced today also include extending the use of Crowborough training camp, East Sussex, to 2030.
It was taken over this year despite huge protests.
And there are plans to retain the ex-Ministry of Defence Police base at Wethersfield, Essex, past 2027.
Fresh immigration reforms are due to be introduced to Parliament next week.
At present, there are about 21,000 migrants living in 170 hotels — down from about 400 at its peak.
More than 11,000 people have arrived on small boats this year – including 1,636 in the past seven days.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: “Labour should be putting illegal immigrants on a plane home rather than messing around with military camps and hotels.
“Under Labour, almost every small boat arrival has been allowed to stay, because Labour will not do what is needed to tear down the barriers to deportation and, without deportation, there is no deterrent.”
Border security and asylum minister Alex Norris hit back: “We promised to close every asylum hotel and hand them back to communities, and that is exactly what we are doing.
“Instead we are moving asylum seekers into ex- military sites. This is a system being brought back under control — and we will not stop until the job is done.”
