'Serious concerns' over plans to house 1,000 migrants in Oxfordshire
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'Serious concerns' over plans to house 1,000 migrants in Oxfordshire
• "SERIOUS concerns" have been raised by an asylum charity over plans for a large-scale accommodation near Bicester.
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