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Rachael Burford

REVEALED: Tory council begins court fight with government over planned migrant camp | Vintage Vibes

A Essex council has begun a legal fight with the Home Office over plans to house thousands of asylum seekers at a former RAF base.

Conservative-run Braintree town hall will argue that Wethersfield airfield is a "completely inappropriate" site for around 1,700 migrants during a High Court hearing on Wednesday.

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