High Court Rejects Challenge to Home Office’s Use of 2 RAF Bases to House Asylum Seekers

RAF Scampton—which was home to the Dambusters during the Second World War—can be used to house asylum seekers, following a High Court ruling.

The entrance to RAF Scampton, in Lincolnshire, England on March 29, 2023. Callum Parke/PA

The High Court in London has thrown out objections to government plans to use two disused RAF bases to house single male illegal immigrants seeking asylum.

Local councils in Lincolnshire and Essex were opposed to plans by the Home Office and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to convert RAF Scampton and RAF Wethersfield, respectively.