Andy Burnham has been accused of 'bypassing' rural communities in a bid to move asylum seekers to disused military sites, amid fears women in a quaint Yorkshire village could soon be 'outnumbered six to one'.Labour announced in June that it planned to house migrants at three former bases, including RAF Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire.The Prime Minister defended the proposal, arguing that people in more affluent areas would have to 'do their share' in housing asylum seekers, as the number of small boat migrants arriving in the UK under his premiership topped 3,000.For two of the sites, MoD Bicester in Oxfordshire and MoD Barnham in Suffolk, the Government is pursuing a fast-track planning process under which applications are submitted directly to Housing Secretary Angela Rayner, rather than being considered first by the local council.Calum Miller, the Lib Dem MP for Bicester & Woodstock, said Mr Burnham was 'bypassing local scrutiny' and showing 'contempt' for local people. In Linton-on-Ouse, the decision on whether to approve plans to move 1,200 asylum seekers into the local RAF base will first go to North Yorkshire Council, which is run by a Conservative minority administration.Its roughly 600 residents saw off a similar proposal by the last Conservative government and are urging councillors to reject it this time around.Retired secretary Christine Crouch, 77, had a sign reading 'Still the wrong plan, wrong place' in her tidy cottage garden.She told the Daily Mail: 'I have lived here for four years. I moved here because it is a nice, quiet place.'It was just when the previous plan to house asylum seekers on the RAF base was shelved. But they have brought it back again now, and we are not happy. Linton-on-Ouse is not the right place.' Villagers in Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire are up in arms about plans to move 1,200 migrants into the local RAF base Former Yorkshire cricketer Howard Copper has written to Andy Burnham to urge him to visit the village and listen to residents' concerns
Burnham 'bypassing' villagers to move migrants to military sites
RAF Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire is one of three military bases that ministers want to turn into accommodation for asylum seekers awaiting the outcome of their claims.











