The Home Office plan to house up to 1,500 asylum seekers at Linton-on-Ouse was scrapped in August ... plans were announced to turn the site of the former RAF base into an asylum centre.

Home Office plans to turn an ex-RAF site into a centre for up to 1,500 men were scrapped in August. Plans to turn the site at Linton-on-Ouse into a centre for up to 1,500 men were announced in April.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) began closing the base at RAF Linton on Ouse in 2020, with just a handful of military personnel now remaining on site. In March this year it offered the base to the ...

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace today confirmed he had 'withdrawn' an offer for a disused RAF base in Linton-on-Ouse to accomodate up to 1,500 male asylum seekers. Local residents had expressed ...

Mr Hollinrake, the MP whose constituency contains Linton-on-Ouse, previously told parliament ... about the suitability of using a disused RAF base as a processing centre, noting the bad conditions ...

The RAF base has been here since 1937 ... "The asylum reception centre at Linton-on-Ouse will help end our reliance on expensive hotels which are costing the taxpayer almost £5m a day.

Residents in Linton-on-Ouse, which contains just 700 registered voters, have been stunned by plans to house more than 1,500 refugees at the former RAF airbase in the middle of the village.

Linton-on-Ouse is a cornerstone in Home Secretary Priti ... They will be free to come and go from the old RAF base but will be expected back on site by 10pm. Announced to little fanfare at the ...

Mr Hollinrake said: "I have recently met with the Immigration Minister following the announcement the RAF site at Linton-on-Ouse will be used as an asylum seeker accommodation and processing centre.

RAF Linton-on-Ouse, near York, closed in 2020 as part of a Ministry of Defence cost-saving drive, bringing an end to a military presence which had existed in the village since 1937. Last year the ...

A former RAF station in North Yorkshire is to become an asylum seeker processing centre under new plans. The Linton-on-Ouse site, which closed in 2020, would be a bespoke asylum reception centre ...