Ministers have been criticised over plans to convert a historic sea fort into a processing centre for small boat migrants – less than a mile from what will be Britain’s largest immigration detention centre.
Residents of Gosport, near the proud naval city of Portsmouth, fear their town will become the ‘capital’ of the small boat crisis and face further violent protests like those seen in recent weeks.
Fort Blockhouse, which was built in the 19th century to guard the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour, could be used as a reception centre as part of contingency proposals for dealing with small boats crossing the
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