The Home Office plan for up to 3000 places to be provided to "support" new asylum seekers at a number of new "accommodation centres".
So far two planning notifications have been submitted at the Defence Storage and Distribution Centre (DSDC) Bicester, Oxfordshire and RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire. The relevant planning inquires have been completed and, in the case of Bicester, the recommendation is with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and has been since April. The same process will apply at Newton.
The latest site to be identified is HMS Daedalus in Gosport, Hampshire where the Home Office is still considering whether to apply for planning approval.
In motivating these changes the government says "Presentiy, we accommodate most asylum seekers around the country in houses, flats or hostels provided by Local Authorities or private landlords.
"We want to change this by supporting asylum seekers in accommodation centres where they will be in an environment that is safe, where their cases can be resolved quickly and where there is minimal impact on local services."
This point about local services is repeated time and time again throughout the briefing::
"Authorities in some of the areas with large numbers of asylum seekers have told us of the pressures which this can place on local services.
"The new centres will avoid this by providing a wide range of services, including education and primary CES
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