More than £300 million is to be spent on new detention centres for 1,000 Channel migrants.

The Home Office is in search of contractors to function three new immigration elimination centres (IRCs).

The contracts, valued at £306 million, will run for as much as six years, official paperwork present.

They say that further area is required as a result of massive variety of migrants making the perilous journey from France in small boats.

The Home Office paperwork, reported by the Daily Mail, states: "Due to the unprecedented rise of small boat crossings in recent years, demand on the IRC estate has increased and there is a requirement for the expansion of its capacity.

"This discover covers the procurement of operational companies for an extra circa 1,000 detention areas throughout three websites.

"Alternative accommodation solutions are also being explored and, if approved, may lead to further demand for operational services."

Two of the contracts are for brand spanking new centres to carry 360 detainees and are valued at £108 million every.

The third, which is price £90 million, would accommodate 360 folks.

The websites may also be used to carry overseas criminals dealing with deportation. The areas haven't been disclosed.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made stopping small boats certainly one of his high 5 priorities.

More than 17,000 folks have made the damaging journey throughout the Channel up to now this 12 months.

A Home Office spokesman stated: "Immigration removal centres play a vital role in controlling our borders and we have been finding further solutions to scale up our detention capacity."