RAF Scampton: Council in Home Office legal battle over airfield asylum site

RAF Scampton: Council in Home Office legal battle over airfield asylum site

A Lincolnshire local authority says RAF Scampton should not house up to 2,000 asylum seekers.

Council Begins Legal Action Against Home Office Over Plans to Use RAF Site for Asylum Seekers

West Lindsey District Council has launched legal action over the Home Office’s plans to put up to 2,000 single adult male asylum seekers at RAF Scampton, the Lincolnshire council said on Friday. It comes two days after immigration minister Robert Jenrick announced the plan to use three disused military bases to house “several thousand asylum seekers through repurposed barrack blocks and portakabins” in a bid to cut costs and deter illegal immigr…

Council launches legal action against Home Office’s ‘irrational’ asylum seeker plan

The Minister for Immigration announced plans on Wednesday to use RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire as a site for up to 2,000 asylum seekers

Council launches legal action against Home Office over plan to house asylum seekers at RAF base

The site is not an 'appropriate' place for asylum accommodation, West Lindsey council said

Legal action launched over Home Office plan to house asylum seekers at RAF base

West Lindsey District Council says plans to use RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire as a site for up to 2,000 asylum seekers is ‘irrational’

Lincolnshire council challenges Home Office plan to house asylum seekers at RAF base

West Lindsey council launches legal action, saying decision to use RAF Scampton for up to 2,000 asylum seekers is ‘irrational’