Northeye old MOD base and former open prison in Bexhill-on-Sea where newly arrived make asylum seekers are expected to be temporarily housed while their asylum cases are looked into.

Asylum seekers crossing the Channel will be housed at the site of a former Sussex prison under government plans.

Proposals would see migrants moved from hotels across the country to Northeye in Bexhill, as well as two disused military bases in Essex and Lincolnshire.

Northeye was built as a military camp during World War Two and served as a prison from 1969 until 1992.

The site was previously used by students from the United Arab Emirates before closing in 2019.

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick told MPs that the sites to house refugees would accommodate their “essential living needs and nothing more”.