00:00I really do understand the strength of local feeling. It's a big change and I do understand
00:04that that's going to cause concern. It's why my department, my officials and I personally
00:09and my ministers have been working so closely with local authorities just trying to make
00:13sure that as we transition out of asylum hotels and into military sites, we do that as smoothly
00:18as possible and try and reassure local communities. As I say, I do understand the strength of
00:23feeling but I do also believe that getting out of asylum hotels is absolutely crucial
00:28for the country. We should never have used asylum hotels to house illegal migrants into this
00:33country. The level of illegal migration and asylum hotel use is far too high. It's completely
00:39unacceptable. I'm determined to sort it out and we will get out of every asylum hotel in
00:44this country and military sites are part of that solution and so we will be making this
00:48move not just here in Cobra but in other parts of the country as well.
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