{"id":361497,"date":"2026-07-15T22:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/will-housing-asylum-seekers-on-disused-military-bases-save-money-and-stop-protestors\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T22:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:00:06","slug":"will-housing-asylum-seekers-on-disused-military-bases-save-money-and-stop-protestors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/will-housing-asylum-seekers-on-disused-military-bases-save-money-and-stop-protestors\/","title":{"rendered":"Will housing asylum seekers on disused military bases save money and stop protestors?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/5MbS8kxn8_I\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Will housing asylum seekers on disused military bases save money and stop protestors?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5MbS8kxn8_I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The government says it is working to close hotels used to house people waiting for their asylum claims to be processed, at a cost of millions of pounds. <\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>The government&#8217;s solution is to house people in disused military bases, which the Home office says could accommodate nearly 4,000 asylum seekers. <\/p>\n<p>Three sites are planned in Suffolk, North Yorkshire and Oxfordshire.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nGet more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/<br \/>\nSubscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government says it is working to close hotels used to house people waiting for their asylum claims to be processed, at a cost of millions of pounds. 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