Ministers have unveiled plans to house asylum seekers in disused military bases to accommodate their "essential living needs and nothing more" despite legal threats from local Conservatives.Robert Jenrick, the immigration minister, also announced on Wednesday he is "continuing to explore the possibility" of using ferries and barges to reduce the "eye watering" reliance on hotels.Despite opposition from within the Cabinet, he confirmed that RAF Wethersfield in Essex and RAF Scampton in Lincolnshi

Ministers have unveiled plans to house asylum seekers in disused military bases to accommodate their "essential living needs and nothing more" despite legal threats from local Conservatives.Robert Jenrick, the immigration minister, also announced on Wednesday he is "continuing to explore the possibility" of using ferries and barges to reduce the "eye watering" reliance on hotels.Despite opposition from within the Cabinet, he confirmed that RAF Wethersfield in Essex and RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire will house migrants, as will a separate site on private land in Bexhill, East Sussex.