Overview

• The Home Office and Havant Borough Council scrapped plans to house asylum seekers in Waterlooville after thousands signed petitions and locals staged peaceful protests.
• Suella Braverman hailed residents as patriotic and peaceful, declaring their campaign a “victory for Waterlooville” that forced the policy U-turn.
• She accused Havant Borough Council and the Labour government of plotting a secret plan to place migrants in residential properties without consultation.
• Braverman linked asylum seekers to rising crime, claiming up to a quarter of sex offences are committed by foreign nationals and noting most arrivals are young, single men.
• The MP proposed moving asylum accommodation from residential flats to bespoke tented camps to prioritise housing for veterans and the homeless.