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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ashley Cowburn

​Home Office forced to put on hold plans to house asylum seekers at ex-RAF airbase

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been forced to put on hold controversial plans to house hundreds of asylum seekers at an ex-military airbase amid a legal fight.

It comes after the Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick announced plans last month to use two RAF sites - Wethersfield and Scampton - to provide accommodation.

Braintree District Council said at the time it would apply for a High Court injunction over the plans to use Wethersfield Airfield - built for the RAF during World War Two.

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