Overview
- The Home Office has delayed December transfers, saying moves will wait until both sites are "fully operational and safe."
- The plan covered around 300 men at Cameron Barracks in Inverness and roughly 540 at Crowborough Camp in East Sussex.
- Officials cite suitability issues requiring refurbishments and services; documents show a £1.3 million program at Cameron including asbestos removal, a boiler refit and accommodation block overhauls, with key works scheduled into January.
- Local resistance continues in Crowborough following multiple protests, and campaigners have warned about far-right figures inserting themselves into demonstrations.
- Government figures show 36,273 people were in hotel accommodation at the end of September, up 13% in three months, with costs widely reported at about £8 million per day.