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Despite local concerns, asylum seekers are due to arrive imminently at RAF Linton on Ouse

Thursday, 19 May 2022 01:00

By Bill Colman

RAF Linton on Ouse, Image BBC News

Local residents in Linton on Ouse are due to demonstrate at an upcoming council meeting about the imminent arrival of asylum seekers.

Local residents in Linton on Ouse are due to demonstrate at an upcoming council meeting about the imminent arrival of asylum seekers in Linton on Ouse.

Local Tory MP Kevin Hollinrake is outraged having raised his concerns about a lack of preparedness and local consultation with Government Ministers.  

A petition has been signed by nearly 4,000 people who are concerned about security, particularly the intimidation of vulnerable people in the village.

The facility will house 1,500 single male adults from Libia, Iran, Iraq and Syria

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