Moving migrants into military camp ‘preferable to housing them in hotels’

Moving hundreds of migrants into a former military camp is preferable to housing them in hotels, the High Court heard. Crowborough Shield, a campaign group based in East Sussex, is taking legal action over the government’s use of Crowborough Training Camp to house up to 540 men. Twenty seven men were moved into the camp on 22 January this year sparking outrage among locals. The site is now understood to be at full capacity and will house asylum seekers until…