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Plans to House Hundreds of Male Asylum Seekers at Cameron Barracks Ditched

The Home Office dropped the proposal after legal concerns and objections from Scottish officials and the local council.

Summary by The Scotsman
The local MP says he has been told the plans to house hundreds of asylum seekers in the Inverness base have been ditched.

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BBC NewsBBC News
Center

Inverness barracks asylum seeker plan dropped, says MP

Angus MacDonald says a UK minister has confirmed that Cameron Barracks is no longer to house up to 300 men.

·United Kingdom
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The NationalThe National
Lean Left

Home Office 'scraps' Cameron Barracks asylum seeker accommodation plans

WIDELY condemned Home Office plans to house up to 300 asylum seekers at a barracks in Inverness have reportedly been scrapped ...

·Glasgow, United Kingdom
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The ScotsmanThe Scotsman
Center

Plans to house hundreds of male asylum seekers at Cameron Barracks ditched

The local MP says he has been told the plans to house hundreds of asylum seekers in the Inverness base have been ditched.

·Scotland, United Kingdom
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The Herald ScotlandThe Herald Scotland
Lean Left

Plans to host asylum seekers in Highland barracks axed over key legal point

Plans to host 300 asylum seekers at a former barracks in Inverness have been abandoned by the Home Office

·Scotland, United Kingdom
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GB NewsGB News
Lean Right

Shabana Mahmood abandons plan to house asylum seekers at Scottish army barracks

Shabana Mahmood is said to have abandoned plans to house asylum seekers at a Scottish army barracks.

·London, United Kingdom
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StvStv

Controversial plans to house asylum seekers at Cameron Barracks scrapped

The UK Government previously announced that the Scottish army base near Inverness would be used to house 300 adult male asylum seekers

·Scotland, United Kingdom
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GB News broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Wednesday, June 24, 2026.
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