Villagers are fighting plans to move 83 asylum seekers into newbuild homes in a development dubbed ‘Migrant Street.’
They say they were told the new development would be affordable housing. But they have since learned that 21 homes have been earmarked for asylum seekers.
One migrant family has already moved in to the estate – but said they wished to leave because the development was too ‘remote’ and they had faced hostility from locals.
Residents in the Shropshire village of Stoke Heath expect more asylum seekers will arrive in the coming days and weeks.
Emma O’Sullivan, a mother-of-three, said villagers had been ‘caught off
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