Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Independent TV

Showing now | News

Rishi Sunak says ‘disused holiday parks and student halls’ will house asylum seekers

01:01

Rishi Sunak says ‘disused holiday parks and former student halls’ will house asylum seekers

Rishi Sunak has said that “disused holiday parks and former student halls” will be used to house asylum seekers moving forward.

The prime minister claimed it is “appalling” that the government spends “£5.5 million every day” to keep people in hotels.

“We must end this, so we will shortly bring forward a range of alternative sites such as disused holiday parks, former student halls and surplus military sites,” Mr Sunak said.

“We have already identified locations that could accommodate 10,000 people.”

The prime minister added that the aim is to cut the costs of accommodation in half.

Click here to sign up for our newsletters.

Up next

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in