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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Callum Parke

Resident group to file new legal claim over military camp housing asylum seekers

A car covered in graffiti messages during a protest in Crowborough, East Sussex, after the first 27 illegal migrants were moved into Crowborough Training Camp (Maja Smiejkowska/PA) - (PA Wire)

A residents’ group has said it plans to launch a new High Court legal challenge against the Home Office over plans to use a military training camp as accommodation for asylum seekers, after an initial legal bid was thrown out.

Crowborough Shield, a community interest company, began legal action against the Government last year after it announced it was considering housing up to 540 men at the site in East Sussex.

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