This government knows that if it doesn’t turn the tide on migration it is destined for electoral oblivion. The Home Secretary has said that ‘illegal migration has been placing immense pressure on communities’, and that ‘asylum hotels…are blighting communities’. This is why the government is determined to close the asylum hotels. But its ‘solution’ is nothing of the sort. Instead, asylum seekers living in hotels in or near British towns are being moved to former military bases near British towns.

It has not been normal, in recent English history, for quiet market towns to see such protests

One such place is the Sussex market town of Crowborough. The Home Office has issued a statement explaining that last week ‘the first 27 migrants have been moved into’ Crowborough training camp, and that the site will soon be housing 500 ‘single adult male illegal migrants who are claiming asylum in the UK’. These migrants will not be confined to the base but will be allowed to wander into the town. This decision has already proved deeply unpopular with locals, with thousands of them protesting this weekend against the decision.

Crowborough is not a place which is used to protests. Independent journalist Jack........

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