A council's plan to house asylum seekers in shipping containers on an RAF runway has been slammed as 'inhumane'. A councillor told a packed public meeting that the new proposal for housing would see existing MoD accommodation refurbished.
CounRichard Butroid added there was further potential for "Greek-style Portacabins, so shipping containers” to be placed on the airfield’s hard standing at RAF Scampton. West Lindsey District Council recently announced plans for £300million of investment in the airbase which closed last year.
Just days later it was confirmed the Home Office was looking at rehousing 1,500 asylum seekers there. Councillor Butroid, who represents Gainsborough South on the county council, told a meeting at Pollyplatt Primary School that the use of Scampton as an asylum processing centre was “outrageous” and “our worst fears”, reports LincolnshireLive.
