A vote at a meeting of the full council at County Hall saw councillors back a motion that the authority should formally object to the proposals for RAF Barnham.

The Home Office is seeking planning permission to use the base, about a mile from Thetford over the Suffolk border, to house the migrants while decisions are made on whether they are permitted to stay or be deported.

Reform county councillor Scott Hussey (Image: Reform)

The motion, brought by Reform councillor Scott Hussey, also called for the council's new chief executive Dennis Bacon to draw up a report exploring the potential impact........

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