That immigrants in England can be transferred from hotel to ferry, former military base and barges, reported local media this Wednesday, March 29.

UK Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick is expected to unveil the government’s plans to accommodate asylum seekers at a later date.

The BBC reports that plans to use ferries and barges for this purpose are under consideration, but adds that they are not yet at an advanced stage.

The UK’s deputy prime minister, Dominic Raab, told Sky News the government would consider placing migrants whose asylum claims are being processed on barges.

Raab called the migrants’ hotels and current accommodation an “incentive” and added that the government needed to cut the 6 million GBP spent each day on their accommodation.

“I don’t think it’s illegal, depending on the circumstances,” he said.

This Monday, the British Government announced that Afghan refugees living in hotels would be evicted. Veterans Affairs Minister Johnny Mercer announced in the House of Commons that evacuees in the “bridge hotel” would be required to move.

He added that the government has plans to resettle the refugees and transfer them to “established accommodation”, and that Afghan refugees will be given three months’ notice, as the housing offer will only be made once.

Rights groups have voiced concern after the announcement, saying thousands of Afghans, who fled their country after the Taliban takeover in 2021, are at risk of becoming homeless.

“We are deeply concerned about many elements of this plan, especially the risk it could leave people fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan homeless and destitute on British streets,” the Refugee Council, a UK-based NGO, said. Twitter.

Currently, about 8,000 of the 24,500 who left Afghanistan after the Taliban came to power are staying in hotels. Half of them are children, according to British media.

The NGO criticized the government, saying this was not how those promised a “warm welcome” should be treated in the UK.

“Hotels are not really places for refugees to live, but the fact that thousands of Afghans have been living there for months is a result of government mismanagement and an inability to work successfully in partnership with councils, local authorities and other agencies to find suitable housing”, highlighted the Refugee Council.

He added that the government’s plan would cause “great sorrow and anxiety to those who have experienced trauma and upheaval.”