These pictures reveal the inside of a former 1960s prison where asylum seekers crossing the channel will be housed.
Government plans would see migrants moved from hotels across the country to Northeye in Bexhill, as well as two disused military bases in Essex and Lincolnshire.
The camp was first a military camp during World War Two and then served as a category C prison between 1969 and 1992.
The site was previously used by students from the United Arab Emirates before closing in 2019.
It has towering fences and around 50 buildings on the site.
Immigration minister Robert Jenrick told MPs that the sites to house refugees would accommodate their “essential living needs and nothing more”.
He also said that the government was “continuing to explore the possibility” of using ferries and barges to reduce the “eye-watering reliance” on hotels to house those crossing the Channel to Britain.
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Huw Merriman, MP for the area, said he will work with the Home Office to reassure residents and allay their concerns about the plans.
He said: “I know that this decision will have an impact on local authorities and public services.
“It will also be of great concern to local residents.
“It is important that the community is fully appraised of the proposals and reassured as to the impact.”
The site is next to a housing estate.
Mr Jenrick said that only “single adult males” would be forced into the locations, as he seeks to reduce a hotel bill he put at £2.3 billion a year.
The Refugee Council has said it is “deeply concerned” by the plans and that the suggested accommodation is “entirely unsuitable” to the needs of asylum seekers.
Enver Soloman, the charity’s chief executive, said: “These sites are wholly inadequate places to house vulnerable men, women and children who have come to our country in search of safety.”
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