MDP Wethersfield: Council loses High Court bid to stop asylum seekers being housed at former RAF base
Braintree District Council has misplaced a High Court bid to stop asylum seekers being housed at a former RAF airbase.The court docket case was lodged after Braintree District Council raised objections to Wethersfield Airfield getting used to accommodate asylum seekers.
Wethersfield is simply one of many disused army websites that has been recognized by the Home Office as options to retaining asylum seekers in resorts.The different is RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire - the previous house of the Dambusters RAF squadron. Northeye jail in Bexhill, East Sussex, can be set for use.The authorities introduced the coverage after it got here underneath sustained strain to finish using resorts owing to the price to the taxpayer - estimated at about £6m per day.
However, the coverage has me...