Picture courtesy of TIna Saunders | via BBC

 

A large protest in East Sussex sees thousands rallying against government plans to house asylum seekers at a military site. Approximately 4,000 demonstrators gathered to oppose the proposal by the Home Office to temporarily house up to 540 male asylum seekers at an army training camp in Crowborough.

 

Earlier, families with children participated, waving banners and chanting as they walked from the former barracks to the town centre. The Home Office has delayed the arrival of asylum seekers but stated that plans to use the site would proceed once it was fully operational and safe. This rally is the largest seen in recent weeks, amidst ongoing local unrest over the decision.

 

The proposal, initially announced in October, has faced significant opposition from residents who argue that Crowborough, with its population of about 20,000, is too small to accommodate such numbers. Wealden District Council has formally opposed the plan, serving a planning contravention notice against the Home Office. The council posits that the town's infrastructure might become overloaded.

 

The Home Office responded by emphasising the need to avoid past mistakes that resulted in unsafe and chaotic situations that affected local communities. A spokesperson expressed frustration with the current system, noting that using large military sites is part of broader reforms aimed at addressing illegal migration and the factors drawing migrants to the UK, reported the BBC.

 

Looking ahead, the plan remains a contentious issue, with the Home Office intent on pursuing its strategy despite local resistance. More discussions and potential negotiations may shape the course of future developments as both government bodies and community leaders evaluate the best path forward.

 

Key Takeaways

 

Roughly 4,000 protested against housing asylum seekers in Crowborough.
Wealden Council formally opposes and issued a notice to the Home Office.
The Home Office plans to proceed after ensuring site safety and readiness.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from [source] 2025-12-01

 

 

 

Not in my front yard  

Send the third world dross back.

 

Flush faced crowd with bulging veins:

“lock them up in military barracks”

 

Government: 

 

“OK - Get that military barrack ready”

 

Flush faced crowd with bulging veins:

 

“Noooo: Not a military barrack near us, a military barrack near somebody else”

 

 

Surround the camp with double layer razor wire. Put guard dogs on patrol. No one allowed to go find a job. Spend millions to feed them until they are sent back to the EU, their last port of call.

Most of them are likely muslims trying to infiltrate the west to influence the airheads.  Send them back to where they came from otherwise the gov will regret it.

7 minutes ago, koolkarl said:

Most of them are likely muslims trying to infiltrate the west to influence the airheads.  Send them back to where they came from otherwise the gov will regret it.

 

So nice to read a refreshing, Christian viewpoint first thing in the morning.

On 12/1/2025 at 8:46 AM, Chomper Higgot said:

Flush faced crowd with bulging veins:

“lock them up in military barracks”

 

Government: 

 

“OK - Get that military barrack ready”

 

Flush faced crowd with bulging veins:

 

“Noooo: Not a military barrack near us, a military barrack near somebody else”

 

 

 

Truth is Chomps, the British people don't want them anywhere on the British Isles.

 

Never voted for it. Never expressed support for it.

 

The betrayal of the country by successive British governments over the past few decades is a national disgrace. 

 

 

I'm guessing, but I rather doubt that there are many Labour voters in Crowborough.

36 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

Truth is Chomps, the British people don't want them anywhere on the British Isles.

 

Never voted for it. Never expressed support for it.

 

The betrayal of the country by successive British governments over the past few decades is a national disgrace. 

 

‘Over several Governments’.

 

This wasn’t an issue 15 years ago.

 

So which particular Governments did you have in mind?

5 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

‘Over several Governments’.

 

Yes.

 

5 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

 

This wasn’t an issue 15 years ago.

 

Yes it was.

 

5 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

 

So which particular Governments did you have in mind?

 

Every government since 1970.

I still don't understand why the Conservative party started all this migration but the Labour party is taking the brunt of the criticism.

Actually, if we're looking for a culprit for all this nomadic nonsense, look no further than Berlin, 2015, when Mutti Angela let in 1 million.  

And to think that Brexit was supposed to protect us from all that damage to the social and medical systems that had been working more or less ok.

 

But not just Merkel: all the Tory Prime Ministers failed to push through a "proper" Brexit.   Above all, they failed to yank us out of the European Human Rights bal£ocks - to this very day.

9 minutes ago, blazes said:

Actually, if we're looking for a culprit for all this nomadic nonsense, look no further than Berlin, 2015, when Mutti Angela let in 1 million.  

And to think that Brexit was supposed to protect us from all that damage to the social and medical systems that had been working more or less ok.

 

But not just Merkel: all the Tory Prime Ministers failed to push through a "proper" Brexit.   Above all, they failed to yank us out of the European Human Rights bal£ocks - to this very day.

The warning was given, BREXIT would increase immigration from the third world.

 

You’ll find the warming files under ‘Project Fear’.

13 minutes ago, Purdey said:

I still don't understand why the Conservative party started all this migration but the Labour party is taking the brunt of the criticism.

 

It's been happening since the 60's but Blair created the environment for it to go ballistic.

 

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/immigration-legacy-tony-blair

 

 

Ironic really since they claim to support British workers yet imported cheap Labour to undercut them.

 

But hey, they wouldn't be Labour without rampant hypocrisy. 

2 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

The war ing was given, BREXIT would increase immigration from the third world.

 

You’ll find the warming files under ‘Project Fear’.

 

Brexit gave us some of the tools we needed but no government since has had the balls or the will to do it. 

 

The missing piece of the Jigsaw is leaving the ECHR. 

 

Reform will do that after the next election. 

1 minute ago, JonnyF said:

 

It's been happening since the 60's but Blair created the environment for it to go ballistic.

 

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/immigration-legacy-tony-blair

 

 

Ironic really since they claim to support British workers yet imported cheap Labour to undercut them.

 

But hey, they wouldn't be Labour without rampant hypocrisy. 

The economy boomed, there was near full employment, NHS waiting lists were not a thing, public services were fully funded and function, the roads were not full of pot holes and ‘small boats’ were what kids played in at water parks.

3 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

The economy boomed, there was near full employment, NHS waiting lists were not a thing, public services were fully funded and function, the roads were not full of pot holes and ‘small boats’ were what kids played in at water parks.

 

Yes, it took some time for the measures he put in place to ruin the country.

 

You can't destroy centuries of magnificence overnight. 20 years is still impressive though. An evil genius indeed. 

7 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

Brexit gave us some of the tools we needed but no government since has had the balls or the will to do it. 

 

The missing piece of the Jigsaw is leaving the ECHR. 

 

Reform will do that after the next election. 

Farage fooled you once but you beg for more.

 

Since 1980 the ECHR has prevented the Deporting a grand total of 13 individuals.

 

The ECHR is not a problem for immigration control, it is a problem for the far right.

 

“Since 1980, only 13 cases have found that a UK deportation or extradition would violate the Convention, with just four concerning family life. In the past 45 years, the Court has ruled against the UK's immigration rules only three times, in cases involving discrimination.”

 

 

https://www.ein.org.uk/news/academic-report-exposes-inaccuracies-media-reporting-immigration-and-human-rights-law#:~:text=Since 1980%2C only 13 cases,law is placed at risk."

2 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

Yes, it took some time for the measures he put in place to ruin the country.

 

You can't destroy centuries of magnificence overnight. 20 years is still impressive though. An evil genius indeed. 

The economy was booming, no NHS waiting lists, function public services, roads not filled with potholes.

 

It did take time to drive it all to ruin. 14 years of Tory mismanagement, did the trick.

10 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

The economy was booming, no NHS waiting lists, function public services, roads not filled with potholes.

 

Yes but that was before rampant immigration starting destroying the country. 

 

10 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

 

It did take time to drive it all to ruin. 

 

Labour set the ball rolling in 1997. 

 

https://www.migrationwatchuk.org/briefing-paper/355

 

 

 

Note what happened at the 1997 point. 

 

 

But I agree the Tories should have stopped it. That's why they are finished just like Labour. That's why Reform will dominate at the next election. 

1 minute ago, JonnyF said:

 

Yes but that was before rampant immigration starting destroying the country. 

 

 

Labour set the ball rolling in 1997. 

 

MW355 : Immigration Under Labour | Migration Watch UK

 

 

Note what happened at the 1997 point. 

 

 

But I agree the Tories should have stopped it. That's why they are finished just like Labour. That's why Reform will dominate at the next election. 

Is there a reason why chose a graph that ends in 2009?

 

6 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Is there a reason why chose a graph that ends in 2009?

 

 

Like I said, Blair set the ball rolling and the Tories did nothing to address it.

 

That's why both parties are finished at the next election. 

On 12/1/2025 at 6:08 AM, Jim Blue said:

Not in my front yard  

Why does it have to be anyone's front yard?

2 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

It's been happening since the 60's but Blair created the environment for it to go ballistic.

 

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/immigration-legacy-tony-blair

 

 

Ironic really since they claim to support British workers yet imported cheap Labour to undercut them.

 

But hey, they wouldn't be Labour without rampant hypocrisy. 

 

Perhaps if you have read all of the article, you would have understood that the reference to, " ... mitigation being managed in favour of economic migrants and students ...", was in comparison with refugees and not British workers

 

Your linked article goes on to say that, "(Blair) himself was much more closely associated with a stronger, more restrictive approach to asylum and security and, eventually, to a more "community approach" to integration." I would have thought that you would be in favour of such policies.

2 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

Brexit gave us some of the tools we needed but no government since has had the balls or the will to do it. 

 

The missing piece of the Jigsaw is leaving the ECHR. 

 

Reform will do that after the next election. 

 

Rinse and repeat. 

 

1. Brexit isn't a failure, it's the way that it's been implemented.

 

2. Leave the ECHR and the illegal boat crossings will immediately cease.

 

3. Reform has the answer to the UK's problems

 

🤦

5 hours ago, NanLaew said:

 

So nice to read a refreshing, Christian viewpoint first thing in the morning.

 

The lofty heights of political science and economic understanding on these threads can be awe inspiring indeed ... 

2 minutes ago, RayC said:

 

Rinse and repeat. 

 

1. Brexit isn't a failure, it's the way that it's been implemented.

 

Actually it isn't a failure it's just that we haven't utilized it as much as we could have done due to sabotage by Remainer PM's like May, Starmer etc.

 

2 minutes ago, RayC said:

 

2. Leave the ECHR and the illegal boat crossings will immediately cease.

 

Strawman, nobody has said it will immediately cease. But it will remove another obstacle to dealing with illegal immigration properly. 

 

2 minutes ago, RayC said:

 

3. Reform has the answer to the UK's problems

 

🤦

 

Reform has a lot more answers to Britain's problems than Labour that's for sure. 

 

I think even you would concede that Labour have been a complete disaster  disappointment?

14 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

Actually it isn't a failure it's just that we haven't utilized it as much as we could have done due to sabotage by Remainer PM's like May, Starmer etc.

 

 

Strawman, nobody has said it will immediately cease. But it will remove another obstacle to dealing with illegal immigration properly. 

 

 

Reform has a lot more answers to Britain's problems than Labour that's for sure. 

 

I think even you would concede that Labour have been a complete disaster  disappointment?

Yet more unsubstantiated nonsense.

 

Starmer did not negotiate the BREXIT deal, the deal was done and signed before he came to office.

 

BREXIT is the failure it was predicted to be, refer ‘Project Fear’ despite being implemented by arch BREXITEER Boris Johnson.

 

The ECHR is not nor never has been an obstacle to dealing with small boat crossings, link provided above.

 

Reform (Farage) are making the same easy promises Farage made in the run up to BREXIT, and like BREXIT he waffles, slips, slimes and talks codswallop when asked to provide details.

 

Labour have lifted 450,000 children out of poverty, the markets have responded positively to the budget.

 

The rightwing aren’t happy, helping kids in poverty was never going to play well to their need for mendacity.