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Ellie Ng and Bill McLoughlin

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

West Lindsey District Council has launched legal action against the Home Office to challenge the decision to use a local Royal Air Force station as a site for asylum accommodation.

It follows an announcement by the Minister for Immigration on Wednesday to use RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire as a site for up to 2,000 asylum seekers.

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