Labour Cllr Ben Cox said he was “dismayed by the lack of clarity from the Home Office” over how they would manage migrants at the site.
He noted that cadets from the wider region also use the camp, which he said the Home Office did not address.
“The Home Office didn’t speak about other cadets… they said they would be in discussion with the Crowborough cadets if there is an issue,” he said.
Kim Bailey, who chairs the Crowborough Shield group, said she has been told by Alex Norris, the border security minister, that residents may only have 48 hours’ notice before migrants are relocated to the camp.
“We pushed him for seven to 14 days’ notice,” Ms Bailey said. “And he refused and said, more like 48 hours’ notice.”
“They’ll just be shifting in the cover of darkness,” she added.
Locals in the small rural community say that they were given no warning of the plans to move asylum seekers in and only found out when it was leaked to a newspaper.
They have protested in their hundreds against the scheme and Wealden district council has backed a motion to oppose the plans formally.
