Police chiefs tell Home Office plan to house asylum seekers at RAF base poses ‘critical risk’

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Police chiefs have written to the Home Office to warn that its plan to house asylum seekers at an RAF base in Suffolk poses "significant operational implications".

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The letter was sent after Labour announced plans to use three Ministry of Defence sites, including RAF Barnham in Suffolk, to house up to 3,750 migrants.Norfolk and Suffolk forces both penned a joint three-page letter to Policing Minister Sarah Jones to warn that current Government proposals pose a "critical risk" to policing capabilities.RAF Barnham has been leased by police for a number of years to provide officers with "specialist" public order training that cannot take place in standard training environments, the letter stated.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Discussions for the forces to buy the site from the MOD had been progressing until June.However, Norfolk and Suffolk have been given just weeks to vacate the site, according to the letter, in order for preparations to begin to turn the base into migrant...

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