UK Government Approves Housing Up to 1,256 Asylum Seekers at Former Military Base Near Bicester
The Home Office has been granted planning permission to house up to 1,256 men at the former MOD Bicester military base in Oxfordshire. The application was fast-tracked through the Urgent Crown Development procedure. Residents of the village of Piddington protested, activists are challenging the project in the High Court, but a final decision on opening the site has not yet been made.
Aziz Karimov