He doesn't want to see it 'reborn as a penal colony'
, The Home Office intends to buy two former RAF bases in Lincolnshire and Essex to accommodate those awaiting deportation.
Under this plan, people who enter the UK via crossing the English Channel will be prevented from claiming asylum and will be deported as soon as possible. Hamish Falconer has added to speculation that Scampton has long been in the sights of the government for such a purpose – despite“We can’t see how it could be anywhere else”, he told reporters.
“It has been widely reported that the Home Office are seeking the site to use as a refugee processing centre. A similar centre at the former RAF Manston site in Kent has a capacity of 1600 migrants housed in a large, tented area on the old airfield. The Manston site was mired in controversy last year when overcrowding resulted in an outbreak of diphtheria resulting in at least one death.”
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