Sir Keir Starmer has been branded a “delinquent” after moving the first group of migrants into Crowborough’s ex-army base in the dead of night, despite mass public protest.
Speaking to GB News, Major Mike Shearer launched a scathing attack on the Prime Minister for “not acting in the interest of the country” and housing “criminals” over “soldiers”.
The first 27 migrants have been moved into the ex-army base, which will be scaled up to more than 500 single adult men.
The coach, with a police escort, was driven onto the Crowborough Camp just before 3.30am on Thursday.
The Home Office has insisted that they will only be housed there for up to three months while their asylum claim is processed, before being removed from the country if their claim is rejected.
Delivering his blunt assessment of the move, Mr Shearer told GB News: “I know Crowborough well, and it is very close to the town centre. Detention is the only way to do to deter illegal criminals, immigrants.
“Military bases should be full of soldiers, not criminals, and if the Home Secretary wants a solution, I suggest a British overseas territory like South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, it’s about 8000 miles away. We can put them there and process them there.”
He argued: “South Georgia is 113 miles long, 22 miles wide, plenty of space. And we can get our idle civil servants who all wish to work from home. Get them over there to process them.
