Decision to Use Camp to House Asylum Seekers Delayed Until New Year, Home Office Says

Decision to use camp to house asylum seekers delayed until new year, Home Office says

The Home Office has agreed that no decision will be made this year on the housing of asylum seekers at an East Sussex army camp.

Crowborough Residents Launch Legal Challenge to “Secret” Asylum Camp Decision

Crowborough, East Sussex – Crowborough Shield, a Community Interest Company established by local residents, on 10th December filed a crowd funded legal challenge in the High Court against what it calls a “secret decision” by the government to redevelop Crowborough Barracks into accommodation for approximately 550 asylum seekers. Residents say they are outraged by the lack of transparency surrounding the decision. Despite the site’s transfer to t…