Overview
- Crowborough Shield issued judicial review proceedings against the Home Secretary over the decision to use Crowborough Training Camp for asylum accommodation.
- The legal claim says the government has been preparing since at least 10 October to house up to 540 male asylum seekers aged 18 to 65 at the site.
- Wealden District Council and the Ministry of Defence are named as interested parties in the case.
- Grounds cited include lack of planning permission, denial of a fair hearing under Article 6 ECHR, and environmental concerns given the camp’s proximity to Ashdown Forest.
- The government has confirmed plans to move people to Crowborough and to Cameron Barracks in Inverness, with local reports noting protests, ongoing site work and a proposed transfer before the end of December.