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Home Office accused of disturbing rare nesting bats at proposed asylum seeker site

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The Home Office has been accused of disturbing rare nesting bats at the controversial proposed asylum seeker site in Piddington. Now, the much-maligned plans to parachute 1,250 undocumented male migrants into the tiny Oxfordshire could be massively delayed - or scrapped altogether. Government contractors carrying out works to set up the controversial plans were reported to the police over disrupting bats by exposing them to massive floodlights during the construction process. Subsequently, locals railing against the plans insist the Home Office was putting the much-loved - and legally-protected - wildlife of Great Britain at risk. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Last week, Piddington voted overwhelmingly in favour of leaving the UK in a symbolic referendum expressing their fury at Labour's proposed plan. The Home Office is now alleged to have breached regulations laid out in the 2007 regarding habitat conservations. In the regulations, it is a crime to purposely or recklessly disturb

First report: Piddington migrant camp dealt another blow after discovery of one of world's rarest bats at planned asylum site — dailymail.co.uk, 2d