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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.
One Tory council has already lodged a legal challenge aiming to stop the Home Office plan dead in its tracks after the immigration minister announced a new centre for Channel migrants.
Residents say village of Wethersfield ‘in the middle of nowhere’ is not a suitable place for 1,500 men
At an old airbase in a rural corner of Essex, it's been a busy week.
Despite resentment from the local council and residents in the area, there has been talk of people moving into the current home of the Ministry of Defence Police as soon as April 1.