(BBC) Villagers have branded a planned asylum centre on an ex-RAF station site an “open prison in the middle of nowhere.”
The Home Office wants to place up to 1,500 male asylum seekers at Linton-on-Ouse near York.
Residents have flooded the prime minster and home secretary with dozens of letters opposing the proposal.
The government previously said the centre would help towards saving £4.7m in hotel costs.
Locals encouraged “villagers of all ages” to join a “vigorous campaign” against the plans, which they said were announced without warning.
