seekers

A short drive up the M6, there are different concerns in Wigan, a town without any asylum hotels but 900 homes in multiple occupation - HMOs - some of which now house asylum seekers.

At the weekend John Healey, the defence secretary, said the government was looking at expanding the use of military sites to house asylum seekers instead of hotels.

Healey confirmed that the government is looking at expanding the use of military sites to house asylum seekers, as it looks to move people out of so-called asylum hotels.

The defence secretary has said the government is looking at moving asylum seekers onto military sites as an alternative to hotels.

A man who helped stoke a fire outside a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for nine years.