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Care Minister Stephen Kinnock said the government is preparing contingency options, including using disused military sites, warehouses and offices. It comes as the government appeals a court ruling preventing asylum seekers from being housed in a hotel in Epping, with concerns other councils could follow.
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00:00We're identifying a range of different contingencies, including disused military barracks,
00:07disused warehouses, disused office space, a range of options that will enable us to
00:14manage this discharge. But clearly, it's better to be able to manage it in a way that's coordinated
00:20from the centre by the Home Office, rather than in a disorderly way. And that's why we are
00:26appealing this decision in the Court of Appeal today.
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