Linton on Ouse Action Group

Campaign against the Home Office's proposed asylum reception centre at Linton on Ouse. Media enquiries [email protected] thanks
#WrongPlanWrongPlace

[The Yorkshire Post @yorkshirepost]

https://t.co/L8oVrkDpgk Linton-on-Ouse site 'completely wrong' for asylum seeker camp Badenoch says

[Linton on Ouse Action Group @LintonAction]

@yorkpress @northyorksc @UKLabour @Independent @guardian

[Linton on Ouse Action Group @LintonAction]

Linton on Ouse Village in green
Proposed Asylum Centre (RAF Linton on Ouse) in red #lintononouse #WrongPlanWrongPlace

[The Yorkshire Post @yorkshirepost]

https://t.co/iDV3gQTvx8 Labour Mayor and Conservative councillors disagree over Linton-on-Ouse plan

[The Yorkshire Post @yorkshirepost]

https://t.co/Dlp5P8r8EK Linton-on-Ouse already being damaged by asylum centre plans, warn residents

[The Press @yorkpress]

Badenoch says 'no' to Linton-on-Ouse asylum seeker plans and slams Reform https://t.co/dT9hEBeYgC

[Linton on Ouse Action Group @LintonAction]

@BBCYork @yorkshirepost

[BBC York @BBCYork]

Villagers voice fears over asylum centre plan https://t.co/GXRRLJy4Jz

[North Yorkshire Council @northyorksc]

A statement from council leader, Cllr Carl Les, on the planned use of the Ministry of Defence site at Linton-on-Ouse by the Home Office for single adult male asylum seekers:

"It’s important to be clear from the outset that we do not object to the government’s desire to house asylum seekers with dignity in safe and secure accommodation. However, we agree with many of the points made, and the concerns expressed by residents in the hundreds of correspondences we have received already, and we do not believe that Linton–on–Ouse is an appropriate location to house potentially 1,200 single adult males.

We share the views of many leading voices in our region that this plan by the Home Office is flawed, that the site is completely inappropriate and that it was found to be so following a thorough investigation only a few years ago."

Read the full statement at https://t.co/GMrAhY2Tv4

[Victoria Whittam @vicwhittamITV]

(1/2) The Mayor for York & North Yorkshire David Skaith has criticised revived proposals for a centre to house asylum seekers on the former RAF site at Linton on Ouse. Plans to use the former base were abandoned in 2022, but the site is one of 3 chosen again by the Home Office.

[The Press @yorkpress]

Ex-RAF base near York ‘inappropriate’ place to house asylum seekers - council boss https://t.co/fFuskwQJou

[Victoria Whittam @vicwhittamITV]

(1/2) Plans are back on the table to turn a former RAF Airbase in North Yorkshire into a facility to house asylum seekers. Residents living close to Linton-On-Ouse strongly campaigned against the move first considered in 2022.

[Linton on Ouse Action Group @LintonAction]

PM called Linton asylum plan a chaotic mess - So why is his Government reviving it ask villagers | YorkMix https://t.co/vkS9ktBuo7

[Linton on Ouse Action Group @LintonAction]

Revealed: Home Office 'wasted' £1.5m on doomed Linton-on-Ouse asylum centre - Liberty Investigates https://t.co/RHvV3rb22L

[Charles Hymas @charleshymas]

The Home Office’s plans to house more than 5,000 asylum seekers on former military bases face potential legal challenges amid criticism from council leaders and MPs @ShabanaMahmood @MikeTappTweets @AlexJJNorris @CPhilpOfficial @o_matthias1 @LintonAction @AlecShelbrooke @MigObs @migrationCtrl @MigrationWatch @PoliceInspForum @DannyShawNews @FortinusGlobal https://t.co/4SEeSAqQFW

[Asylum Matters @AsylumMatters]

'The most effective policy to improve things for asylum seekers, taxpayers, and local communities that the government could introduce would be to abolish the ban on asylum seekers being allowed to work' - @BenRamanauskas

👏 #LiftTheBan 👏

https://t.co/c5bk0QUPCG

[Olga Matthias @o_matthias1]

Gamekeeper turned poacher! Who would know better than an ex Home Secretary about ‘secretive and evasive’ ⁦@ukhomeoffice⁩ practices #lintononouse #rafscampton #rafwethersfield https://t.co/hMQAycydiP

[Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP @BellRibeiroAddy]

The people being loaded onto the Bibby Stockholm have fled some of the world's worst horrors.

Warehousing them on this floating firetrap is a disgraceful way to treat human beings.

Today is a dark day for our country.
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[Refugee Action @RefugeeAction]

Thousands of Afghan refugees in hotels are being evicted by the Government. 🧵