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Oxfordshire village votes to leave the United Kingdom to protest asylum camp plans

Reported by Aakash Bora (Staff Writer) · Google News - Australia World ·

✓ — also reported by Google News - USA World

Oxfordshire village votes to leave the United Kingdom to protest asylum camp plansRepresentative image · Wikimedia Commons

Residents of Piddington in Oxfordshire have voted to declare independence and leave the United Kingdom in protest against a controversial government plan to house asylum seekers in their local area. Locals participating in the vote stated they are living in fear due to the proposed migrant camp. This act of local defiance creates a major political headache for the ruling Labour government as they manage the ongoing national debate over immigration and asylum housing policies.

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