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The Home Office said yesterday that former army barracks in Lincolnshire, Essex and Bexhill will be re-purposed to house thousands of asylum seekers rather than placing them in hotels.
The Lincolnshire airbase has previously been the home of the Red Arrows and the 617 Dambuster Squadron.
Robert Jenrick announced the plans this afternoon.
People living in the Essex town hit out at plans to put asylum seekers in former RAF Wethersfield - leaving some angry locals decrying 'what about our rights?'
They're 'devastated, frustrated and angry'