MPs Vote on Controversial Bicester Asylum Centre Plans

MPs vote on controversial Bicester asylum centre plans

MPs are debating controversial plans to house asylum seekers at a former military base.

Attempt to quash MoD Bicester asylum housing plans over safety

An opposition attempt to halt government plans to house more than 1,200 asylum seekers at a former Ministry of Defence site has failed.

Piddington women in Commons as they continue migrant camp protest

The Government wants to accommodate 1,256 male asylum seekers at a former Ministry of Defence (MoD) site in Bicester.

How your MP voted on Piddington migrant camp

MPs have rejected a Conservative call for the Government to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights “in order to deport illegal migrants”. They voted by 309 to 113 – a majority of 196 – against the motion, which would have also condemned plans to house 1,256 males at a disused Ministry of Defence site near Piddington, Oxfordshire.

Piddington women descend on Westminster as they take fight to Andy Burnham's doorstep

A group of Piddington women fighting against plans to house migrants in an old RAF base have descended on Westminster ahead of Parliament's debate.Residents in the sleepy Oxfordshire village held a symbolic referendum last month to leave the UK in protest at a Home Office plan to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers at the nearby former MoD Bicester.The women of the village, which has a female population around 133, raised concerns over the und…