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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Izzie Addison

Women ‘fear for safety’ over plans to house male asylum seekers at military base

(Left to right) Kim Elliot, 59, Gloria Brown, 69, and Heidi Meakin, 61, residents of Piddington village in Oxfordshire, gather by ex-military base MoD Bicester near to the village, where residents are due to hold a referendum on whether it should remain part of the UK after the Government said it wanted to set up a migrant camp close by (Joe Giddens/PA) - (PA Wire)

Female residents of an Oxfordshire village set to house more than 1,000 asylum seekers have told politicians they would fear for their safety if plans went ahead.

The Government’s proposal to move 1,256 male asylum seekers into an ex-military base near Piddington has sparked anger and fear among many village residents.

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