Immigration minister says poorer areas have taken ‘fair share’ of asylum seekers – UK politics live

Anna Turley backs up Andy Burnham’s suggestion that affluent areas should house more asylum seekers in future Andy Burnham made his comment yesterday suggesting more asylum seekers should be housed in more affluent areas in response to questions about plans to house up to 1,250 people in a former military base near Piddington, a tiny village in Oxfordshire. Residents are strongly opposed. In interviews this morning, Anna Turley, the immigration minister, defended the plan, saying “they’re not…