North Yorkshire villagers ask 'am I going to move home?' as a 1,250-migrant camp is set to open 20 steps from houses

Families in Barnham, North Yorkshire, are pulling children from the local school and putting houses up for let as the Home Office presses ahead with plans to house 1,250 asylum seekers in a converted former military base just 20 steps from residential streets. Residents say they cannot sell their homes even if they want to, with empty properties already multiplying on streets that back directly onto the base perimeter.

Villagers calling themselves the 'Home Guard' are leading a campaign to block the camp, but say they doubt they can stop the Home Office.

Military accommodation blocks loom over gardens on White Rose Close, with occupants set to have direct sightlines into neighbouring homes.

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has insisted 'large sites' are the answer to the asylum crisis, but critics say the camp will barely dent overall asylum numbers while devastating a small community.