Plans to turn the former RAF base into an asylum seeker centre have been withdrawn.
The plans for an asylum centre in North Yorkshire were opposed by villagers and Hambleton District Council
But villagers and Hambleton District Council opposed the decision and said they would mount a legal challenge.The minister was asked about the plans during a visit to West Yorkshire on Tuesday. "The government had effectively put the sword of Damocles over the whole village for the past four months, so the sense of relief that I have got has to be echoed by everybody else now the uncertainty has gone," she said.
Announcing the plans in April, the Home Office said the facility would provide "safe and cost-effective" accommodation for single adult men who are claiming asylum in the UK, and meet suitability criteria.
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