{"id":1229414,"date":"2022-01-21T09:23:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T14:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1229414"},"modified":"2022-01-21T09:24:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T14:24:23","slug":"british-army-drafted-in-to-build-camps-for-illegal-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/british-army-drafted-in-to-build-camps-for-illegal-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"British Army Drafted in to Build Camps For Illegal Migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbritish-army-drafted-in-to-build-camps-for-illegal-migrants%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1229414&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1323041743-e1642703180217-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The British Army has been tasked with building temporary hostel-style migrant camps on British soil to house up to 30,000 illegal Channel migrants from next month.<\/p>\n<p>Priti Patel, the British Home Secretary, has told Conservative MPs that the British Army could be starting work on building new accommodation to house up to 30,000 migrants on Ministry of Defence (MOD) property within a matter of weeks,&nbsp;the<em> Daily Mail<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10420327\/Army-build-camps-house-30-000-migrants-MoD-stop-releasing-daily-crossing-figures.html\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The construction of these camps is estimated to cost the British taxpayer in the tens of millions pounds, but government sources speaking to the&nbsp;<em>Daily Mail<\/em> insist it will be cheaper than the ongoing cost of housing illegal migrants in 4-star hotels. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/20\/farage-deploying-navy-to-channel-migrant-crisis-is-expensive-taxi-service\/\">total cost<\/a> to the taxpayer of accommodating illegal migrants in Britain in the 2020-2021 recording period was \u00a31.4 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Over 28,000 migrants entered Britain in 2021 and over&nbsp;940 illegals have been intercepted by UK authorities so far in January 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Previously when the government attempted to house illegal migrants in an army barracks on MOD property, the migrants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/11\/19\/watch-migrants-attempt-to-break-down-barricade-at-british-army-barracks-camp\/\">burnt the<\/a> barracks down, due to complaints about alleged poor conditions, despite British soldiers previously staying at Napier Barracks without a problem.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Illegal Migrants Unhappy with Free Accommodation in &#8216;Racist&#8217; UK Want to Return to EU <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xBqAni6Zct\">https:\/\/t.co\/xBqAni6Zct<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1358410182531764226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Political commentator and Director of conservative digital platform Reasoned, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/darrengrimes_\">Darren Grimes<\/a> told Breitbart London that the government needed \u201cto get a grip\u201d and \u201csort this [the migrant crisis] out\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy, at vast expense, should Her Majesty\u2019s Armed Forces be focusing their attention on building makeshift housing for those who have entered our country illegally. We know that, even if their application for refuge is denied, they still remain in our country\u201d, Grimes said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government ought to get a grip on this at a time when homelessness is a real issue and younger Brits can\u2019t afford to get on the housing ladder themselves. On this issue, the Government appears weak and is found wanting, if Boris wants to revive his premiership, he really ought to sort this out\u201d, Grimes continued.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Luke_Doherty19\">Luke Doherty<\/a> the Chairman of The Orthodox Conservatives, a grassroots movement advocating for social conservatism, when speaking to Breitbart London branded the government\u2019s latest efforts to tackle migration a \u201ccomplete failure\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHere we see yet another example of the Government\u2019s complete failure to control the migration crisis and regulate who enters in Britain legally and safely. This latest intervention proves the disastrous and expensive repercussions this issue has\u201d, Doherty said.<\/p>\n<p>Doherty also called for the government to start considering \u201ctougher action\u201d, such as \u201csending illegal migrants back\u201d, instead of using the British taxpayer\u2019s money \u201cinappropriately\u201d on schemes that do \u201cnot respond clearly or effectively enough to the challenges at the border\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Record 28,000 Illegal Boat Migrants Land in Britain This Year<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RURbziChwd\">https:\/\/t.co\/RURbziChwd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1473262222113652737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Alongside the British Army\u2019s new role of accommodating migrants, the Royal Navy has also been drafted in to take control of all Border Force vessels in the English Channel in an effort to tackle Britain\u2019s migration crisis. However, this move has already been questioned by conservative figures with&nbsp;Brexit Boss Nigel Farage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/20\/farage-deploying-navy-to-channel-migrant-crisis-is-expensive-taxi-service\/\">branding<\/a> it as an \u201cexpensive taxi service\u201d in an exclusive comment to Breitbart London.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Daily Mail&nbsp;<\/em>claims that a major concern with the Royal Navy\u2019s takeover is that it may permit the government to stop publishing the figures of migrants who arrive illegally in Britain, as numbers will be released at the Ministry of Defence\u2019s discretion.<\/p>\n<p>Doherty additionally weighed in on this issue and said \u201cby refusing to release the data on daily figures\u201d the British government has made an \u201cimplicit omission\u201d that they \u201chave lost control on the issue\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Political commentator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sophielouisecc\">Sophie Corcoran<\/a> also spoke to Breitbart London on this matter and questioned why the Conservative government is \u201cplanning on hiding the figures?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only reason the government will stop publishing the figures is to hide their shame over the fact they cannot get a grip of the crisis in the Channel\u201d, Corcoran continued.<\/p>\n<p>Corcoran demanded transparency from the government saying, \u201cthe people deserve to know. The conservatives were elected on the promise of getting a grip on migrant crossings so they should be transparent about whether they\u2019re achieving that or not\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British Army has been tasked with building temporary hostel-style migrant camps on British soil to house up to 30,000 illegal Channel migrants from next month. 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