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Plan to move migrants into army barracks is delayed
- Plan to move migrants into Crowborough and Cameron Barracks delayed due to safety concerns, officials say the sites must be fully operational and safe.
- Hundreds protested in Crowborough, with crowds carrying numbered bibs to highlight planned asylum seeker numbers.
- Home Office says moving migrants to large military sites is part of reforms to tackle illegal migration.
- Officials emphasized the decision follows safety concerns and will not replicate past rushed plans.
- Protesters linked concerns about safety with local impact on Crowborough and Inverness.
- Home Office says more than 36,000 asylum seekers were in hotels as of September, with rising costs.
- UK Prime Minister and Labour figures are under pressure over asylum policy and hotel usage.
- Local residents formed groups like Crowborough Shield opposing the plan.
- The two barracks can house hundreds of people, according to supporters of the plan.
- Protests included English-flag imagery and calls from locals against the move.
- Spokesperson cited ongoing concerns with the 'level of illegal migrants and asylum hotels.'
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