Officials take legal action against plans to house asylum seekers in Bexhill.
The decision could impact the former Northeye prison
Legal action is being taken against the Home Office’s plans to house refugees at a former prison. Rother District Council has written to the Court of Appeal to consider plans to make Northeye in Bexhill into a refugee camp.
Rother District Council has intervened in an appeal by Braintree council for a similar camp at Wethersfield Airfield in Essex.
The result of this legal challenge will impact on the future of Northeye, which was a category C prison from 1969 to 1992. The Home Office’s plans to house up to 800 migrants at the site by September have proven deeply unpopular among people in Bexhill.