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MoD Bicester, a former military site, is set to house 1,250 migrants under Labour's new plan

A victim of grooming gangs in Oxfordshire who moved near Piddington to seek sanctuary has told GB News about her anxiety ahead of 1,250 migrants being moved into a former military base.

Anne, not her real name, told The People's Channel that her ability to heal in peace has been "stripped away".


“You come somewhere like this for a peaceful life, to be able to heal, to raise your family, like in a better environment, and then all of a sudden that's just stripped away from you and the whole community," she said.

The grooming gang victim continued: “So I think maybe now they are feeling maybe that bit of anxiety that I felt before.”

Anne said that the Government had made a “clear admission” that there is potentially a problem with sexual abuse because of a booklet it was issuing to migrants explaining that rape and domestic abuse are illegal in Britain.

The nine-page pamphlet discussed how laws and customs in Britain could be different from their respective home countries, including on gender equality.

“It's a clear admission that they think there is potential to be a problem,” said Anne.

“We do not know these people’s ideologies, what their belief system or what their previous offences or anything like that [are].

“But if I said to you, oh, you can come to my house, but please don't steal anything.

"I'm kind of labelling you as somebody that may steal from me.

"So for them to say that, it's a clear admission and it's quite alarming."

In her grooming gangs audit published last year, Baroness Louise Casey looked at a dozen live investigations into group-based abuse.

The investigation found that "a significant proportion appear to involve suspects who are non-UK nationals".

Her audit said that some of those foreigners were claiming asylum in the UK.

The tiny Oxfordshire village is set to host the single illegal migrant men after Andy Burnham said more areas of the country needed to take their fair share of small boat migrants.

Locals have also expressed concerns about the suitability of the MoD Bicester site, which is set to receive the illegal migrants, with roads around the former base not having pavements.

Piddington has voted to secede from the United Kingdom for the second time in a damning rebuke to Home Office plans to leave locals outnumbered by asylum seekers in the Oxfordshire village.

The symbolic referendum – dubbed the "Battle for Britain" by residents – was held by Piddington Parish Council amid Labour proposals to house 1,256 male asylum seekers at a nearby disused military site.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy told GB News before the village voted for independence that it was "absolutely right" that the Government listens to the village.

“What I would say to the people of Piddington is I think it's absolutely right and fair that they express their views, and I think it's absolutely right that the Government listens to those views," she said.

According to Government planning documents, the male asylum seekers will be handed “high-visibility vests" should they wish to freely wander into nearby towns.

However, the proposals say that the men will be “strongly encouraged” to catch a lift from the taxpayer-funded shuttle buses, with the garments being distributed “to further emphasise the potential danger”.

A Home Office spokesman said: “The grooming gangs scandal was one of the darkest moments in this country’s history.

"There will be no hiding place for those who abused the most vulnerable in our society.

"We are working to fairly house asylum seekers across the country, including by using former military sites which are designed to be self-contained.

"As part of the process, we engage with local authorities and police forces to ensure the safety and security of those in the surrounding area."