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Andy Burnham's Pledge to Oxfordshire Village Amid Asylum Centre Row
Andy Burnham said all parts of the country must share asylum dispersal as a plan for up to 1,250 men at a nearby MoD site draws local anger.
- On Tuesday, Prime Minister Andy Burnham told GB News that wealthier UK areas must host more asylum seekers, responding to protests in Piddington, Oxfordshire, over plans to convert a nearby Ministry of Defence base.
- Piddington, a village of about 400 people, voted to hold a symbolic referendum on leaving the UK after the Government announced plans to house up to 1,250 asylum seekers at a nearby MoD Bicester site.
- Government statistics showed 97,519 people in receipt of asylum support at the end of March, with the north-west of England hosting 25% of the national population—a system Burnham complained contained "disproportionate" numbers.
- Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp rejected the proposal, stating, "We shouldn't be housing illegal immigrants anywhere—wealthy or not," while reiterating the Conservatives' pledge to exit the European Convention on Human Rights.
- Burnham pledged to "look into the issues raised by the good people of Piddington" while maintaining that all parts of the country must play their part in housing asylum seekers.
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