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Council strongly opposes government plans for 26-bed asylum seeker accommodation 45 minutes from Peterborough

The Home Office says the site could provide 26 bedspaces for mothers and babies as dispersal accommodation, while the council says Fenland is unsuitable.

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Fenland District Council has lodged its ‘robust objections’ to government plans to use a site in the district as accommodation for asylum seekers.

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Council strongly opposes government plans for 26-bed asylum seeker accommodation 45 minutes from Peterborough

Fenland District Council has lodged its ‘robust objections’ to government plans to use a site in the district as accommodation for asylum seekers.

·Peterborough, United Kingdom
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Peterborough Today broke the news in Peterborough, United Kingdom on Monday, September 28, 2026.
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