Row erupts over plans for detention centre at RAF base that 'may scupper £300m revamp project'

Government plans to detain migrants in a former RAF base for the Red Arrows and the Dambusters would risk scuppering a £300m regeneration deal, councillors have warned joeduggan1 reports:

The Government has reportedly earmarked two disused RAF bases in Lincolnshire and Essex to detain migrants. Last year, the former military base at Manston , used as a migrant processing centre, became overcrowded, with outbreaks of scabies and diphtheria Government plans to detain migrants in a former RAF base for the Red Arrows and the Dambusters would risk scuppering a £300m regeneration deal, councillors have warned.

The following day, it was reported RAF Scampton, still home to some current and former Armed Forces personnel, had been earmarked as a detention centreOne local politician attacked the reported accommodation plan which would see “the home of the Dambusters used indefinitely to detain people” as a battle with central government looms.

“It’s caused a lot of upset around the estate around the community really, because we don’t know what’s happening. He also raised fears that far-right groups could target the area. Last month, far-right protesters clashed with police outside a Merseyside hotel providing refuge for asylum seekers.

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