Asylum seekers will start to be housed at a former RAF base in Essex from Wednesday morning, Sky News understands.

Ministers unveiled plans back in March to make use of Wethersfield Airfield to accommodate as much as 1,700 male asylum seekers for as much as 180 days every in an try to cut back the quantity the federal government spends on inns.

The scheme led to a backlash from the native authority and a few residents, with Braintree Council launching a authorized problem in opposition to the transfer.

But attempts to block the plans failed, and Sky News now understands the primary arrivals shall be on website tomorrow morning.

The news additionally comes after Sky News revealed round 18 Army households had been given just a week's notice to maneuver off the location, saying that they had been "railroaded" into vacating the bottom.

The authorities has been attempting to provide you with various lodging for asylum seekers after it mentioned the variety of folks making small boat Channel crossings had led to a resort invoice of £6m to deal with these ready for his or her claims to be processed.

As properly as former navy bases, there are plans to deal with folks on barges in addition to stories that giant marquees may very well be used.