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UK to move illegals into military barracks after fury over migrant hotels

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Home Office figures show that accommodating asylum seekers is costing taxpayers nearly £6 million a day.

The UK Defense Ministry plans to house illegal migrants in military barracks after widespread protests over the government’s use of taxpayer-funded hotels.

Demonstrations broke out across Britain after a 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in July by a migrant housed in a hotel in the town of Epping.

As of July, 45,000 asylum seekers were being housed in hotels at a cost of nearly £6 million ($8.1 million) per day – an expense that has fueled public anger amid Britain’s worsening financial crisis. On Saturday alone, more than 1,000 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats to reach the country, according to the Home Office.

“We are looking at the potential use of military and non-military sites for temporary accommodation for the people who come across on these small boats that may not have a right to be here,” Defense Secretary John Healey told Sky News on Sunday.

He added that migrants would need to be “processed rapidly” to determine whether they could be deported.

I’m looking at it with the Home Office, and I recognize that the loss of confidence of the public over recent years in Britain’s ability to control its borders needs to be satisfied.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer reshuffled his cabinet on Saturday, appointing Shabana Mahmood as the new home secretary after pledging to tackle the migrant hotel crisis and the flood of illegals. She has reportedly been given license to crack down on the influx.

Starmer has faced a storm of criticism over the crisis, which many have seen as a show that Downing Street prioritizes the rights and safety of migrants over those of the British people.

The prime minister’s approval rating has collapsed over his immigration stance, as well as his handling of the Pakistani rape gang scandal. Nearly 70% of Britons have an unfavorable opinion of Starmer, according to a YouGov poll from last month.

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8 COMMENTS

  1. Potential recruits for a dwindling UK Army???
    Offers of a UK Passport if they sign on for 2 years?
    Able to kill white people when ordered to do so?
    Easily disposed of when war between the West (UK) and Russia / China / India / North Korea / Belorussia goes full hot?
    Anyway, a nuclear plant may have already been hit and is leaking radioactive fall-out in Europe…
    https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/flash-traffic-radiation-alert-ukraine
    Blood Moon Monday + Solar Flares / CME’s…it doesn’t get any better that this!!!

  2. How about the UK insist that France stop the boats leaving there in the first place. After all the UK is paying France big money to do just that. Then maybe work out who exactly is paying the smuggling gangs to organise these boat trips. (Looking at you George Soros) I don’t believe that these aliens who have come from Africa and the Middle East would have enough money to fund their trips.

    I can’t understand why the UK has been treating these illegal aliens to such luxury. The US has no qualms about arresting such people and deporting them. In Thailand where I now live if you fall foul of the immigration law you are immediately jailed and stay there until you can front up with enough money for an air ticket back to your country of origin.

  3. By a very large margin, more people are entering Britain legally than illegally.
    📊 Legal Immigration (2025)
    According to the UK Home Office, in the year ending June 2025:
    – 852,000 visas were issued for work, study, family, and humanitarian reasons
    – 2.2 million visitor visas were granted
    – 13.4 million Electronic Travel Authorizations (ETAs) were issued for short-term visits
    🛶 Illegal or Irregular Arrivals
    From 2020 to late 2024, around 175,000 unauthorized arrivals were recorded—mostly via small boats across the Channel. That’s spread over several years, and even then, it’s a fraction compared to legal entries.
    🔍 Why the Gap Is So Wide
    – Legal routes include work, study, family reunification, and refugee resettlement
    – Irregular migration is harder to quantify precisely, but even generous estimates show it’s dwarfed by legal migration volumes
    – The UK has tightened enforcement, including deportations and stricter visa checks
    So yes, Britain sees far more legal arrivals than illegal ones.

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