Asylum: RAF Barnham
(asked on 2nd July 2026) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, regarding her plans to house asylum seekers at RAF Barnham, whether she intends that all asylum seekers housed there will be male.
This question was answered on 13th July 2026
No final decision has been made on whether to use Barnham as asylum accommodation. If deemed suitable, the site would accommodate single adult males between the ages of 18 and 65 who have applied for asylum.
Male asylum seekers (of all ages) constitute the higher number of all adult asylum applications received in the UK. This creates a greater demand for accommodation suitable for males.