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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.
The village of Linton-on-Ouse is usually a sleepy place, but its residents are up in arms at a UK government plan to house up to 1,500 asylum seekers, whose numbers will dwarf local residents. In mid-April, 43-year-old Steve says he was walking his dog
Meet the Yorkshire villagers uniting against the latest Government-backed asylum seeker processing centre, which they say is unsustainable
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.
The centre at Linton-on-Ouse will cut the cost of housing migrants in hotels, the government says.