Paul Marinko 27 May 2026

Senior councillor calls for local veto on asylum placements

Senior councillor calls for local veto on asylum placements image
Sam Chapman-Allen © Gary Donnison

Breckland DC's leader has called for a council veto on local asylum placements as tensions grow in the Norfolk district over the issue.

With the Home Office having recently placed a number of asylum seekers in the town of Watton Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen said there was ‘a clear difference between showing compassion to people in genuine need and expecting rural towns and communities to shoulder a disproportionate burden because of a failed national policy'.

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