Kemi Badenoch suggests putting asylum seekers in ‘migrant camps’
Badenoch: Camps could cut ‘hassle’ of housing asylum seekers in communities
- Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch appeared to suggest the creation of migrant "camps" as an alternative to housing asylum seekers in hotels.
- Speaking in Epping, Essex, Ms Badenoch questioned whether it would be possible to "set up camps and police that, rather than bringing all of this hassle into communities".
- She said modern solutions were needed and that rules from previous decades are not suitable for 2025.
- Ms Badenoch also sought community input on asylum seekers, saying that the party does not have all the answers to the migration issue.
- Her comments come amid increasing tensions over migration across the UK and government efforts to reduce it, including a new ‘one in, one out’ returns deal with France.