Government Caps Illegal Immigrant Housing at Dambusters Airbase

The number of illegal immigrants set to be housed at a historic air base has been capped at 800, down from 2,000, the government has said. On Tuesday, Home Office minister Tom Pursglove confirmed that a maximum of 800 male asylum seekers will be housed at the disused RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, which was previously home to the Red Arrows and the famous World War II 617 Squadron known as the “Dambusters.” Writing to Gainsborough MP Sir Edward Leigh, Mr. Pursglove said that “regular occupancy” for the site would be capped. But he added that if “capacity is required to deal with unexpected higher than forecast levels of intake,” some 300 extra bed spaces may be utilised for “short and defined periods of time.”...