Britain’s migrant crisis – unassailed by a “Conservative Party” which has pledged to bring immigration numbers under control but has almost doubled them since the 2016 Brexit vote – is expected to last for “at least another five years,” according to an internal memo detailing plans for more Royal Air Force (RAF) airbases and prisons to house illegals.
The memo – dated March 2023 – states the British government is “satisfied” with the value for money in housing 3,700 illegal migrants in remote parts of the country for up to five years, including Wethersfield, Essex, and Scampton, Lincolnshire – both of which have populations of around 1,200 people. The government is also developing a former prison in Bexhill, South England, which could potentially house up to 1,000 migrants for even longer.
The government had previously stated that planning permission for sites such as former bases and prisons lasts no more than one year, and has hitherto failed to announce any future plans beyond that. The memo also argues that the Bibby Stockholm barge – evacuated within days of first housing several dozen migrants after ‘bacteria‘ was found in the water supply – would only be cost-effective if it were to house 1,000 migrants rather than the government’s current target of 500.
More than 100,000 illegal migrants have crossed the English Channel in the last five years, with 15,826 people having made the journey in 2023. The cost of housing illegal migrants across the country is upwards of £6 million ($7.7 million) per day.
