Burnham calls for wealthier regions to share asylum seeker burden

• Andy Burnham has suggested that wealthier UK regions must help to accommodate asylum seekers to prevent poorer communities bearing the sole burden.
• The position follows local concerns over reports of a proposed migrant camp near the village of Piddington in Oxfordshire .
• The Government has pledged to change tactics and relentlessly pursue gangs facilitating migrant crossings across the English Channel .
• The pledge comes after a record 230 migrants arrived in Britain crammed into a single 15-metre inflatable boat.
• Officials said that there will be a relentless focus on stopping small boat crossings, though no fixed timeline has been provided.

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