The five military sites where anger at housing migrants could unravel PM’s plans
- Posted on July 24, 2026
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The five military sites where anger at housing migrants could unravel PM’s plans
When ministers last month unveiled plans to move thousands of asylum seekers into disused military facilities, it is unlikely they anticipated having to confront the stone curlew in their efforts to resolve the vexed issue of housing Britain’s migrant arrivals. But the needs of this googly-eyed wading bird, itself a migratory visitor to these shores, is just one of a growing number of grassroots obstacles which threaten to derail the Labour strategy inherited by Andy Burnham to move asylum seekers out of hotels and into accommodation in disused barracks and airfields. Alongside the protected habitat of the stone curlew, which campaigners say will be illegally threatened by plans to open a migrant camp in Suffolk, the Government now faces challenges to its policy ranging […]