Sky News investigates the impact of housing asylum seekers at Crowborough Barracks, which the Home Office presented as a cost-saving alternative to hotel accommodation.
But documents uncovered by Sky News reveal that ministers signed off on the plans despite being warned that, initially, housing asylum seekers at the barracks would cost more than hotels.
Lisa Holland also reveals that taxpayers are funding a daily minibus service transporting asylum seekers from the site to Crawley.
Local residents describe the decision as "mental", while Karen Bradley MP, chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, questions whether the transport represents a good use of taxpayers’ money.
We also hear from an asylum seeker who previously lived at Crowborough Barracks, offering a first-hand account of life at the site.
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