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Residents fear for their safety over Priti Patel's 'Guantanamo-on-Ouse' plan

May 8, 2022

Residents in Linton-on-Ouse, which contains just 700 registered voters, have been stunned by plans to house more than 1,500 refugees at the former airbase in the middle of the village.

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Source: dailymail.co.uk

'I'm a foreigner and I'm against it': the battle over 'Guantanamo-on-Ouse'

May 5, 2022

Meet the Yorkshire villagers uniting against the latest Government-backed asylum seeker processing centre, which they say is unsustainable

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Source: telegraph.co.uk

'I've voted Conservative all my life, and now I never will again': Villagers react as Linton-on-Ouse reported to be new home of asylum centre

April 16, 2022

Villagers living in Linton-on-Ouse had a mixed reaction to reports a reception centre for asylum seekers is soon to be opened at the village’s former RAF base.

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Source: yorkshirepost.co.uk

'Ghost town' North Yorkshire village will become UK's Channel migrant hub

April 14, 2022

The former RAF base in Linton-on-Ouse is set to receive an initial 500 asylum seekers under new plans to cut the cost of housing refugees

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