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UK local authority loses bid to stop asylum seekers being housed at air base

FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak drinks water during a press conference following the launch of new legislation on migrant channel crossings at Downing Street on March 7, 2023 in London, United Kingdom. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS

A local authority in southeastern England on Friday lost a bid at London's High Court to stop the British government from accommodating asylum seekers at a former military base.

Braintree District Council, in Essex to the northeast of London, had sought an injunction to prevent the Home Office (interior ministry) housing up to 1,700 asylum seekers at the site.

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