Residents of a North Yorkshire village expressed outrage after a meeting with Home Office officials over plans for an asylum reception centre to be opened on a former RAF base. Locals from Linton-on-Ouse met with officials from Priti Patel's department and North Yorkshire Police about the plan to house 1,500 asylum seekers on the base. Campaigners have launched a protest …
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Priti Patel's plan to put the military in charge of tackling Channel migrants has "failed before it has started" because of public bickering between ministers and departments, MPs have warned. MPs on the defence committee said the public disagreement between "two great offices of state" – the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office – over the role of the …
Priti Patel sparked a diplomatic row last night by claiming migrants were crossing the Channel to escape ‘racist’ France, where they feared they would be tortured. One stressed: ‘Priti made clear these were migrants’ views – not hers’, adding that the Home Secretary thought claims of possible torture if they returned to France were nonsense, pushed by activist lawyers. British …
