
Residents of Crowborough in East Sussex are considering a symbolic referendum on leaving the UK to oppose government plans for an illegal migrant detention center near their homes, marking the third such case in England, according to The Daily Telegraph.
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Crowborough, a town of nearly 22,000 in East Sussex, is known as the former home of writer Arthur Conan Doyle, who lived there for the last 23 years of his life until his death in 1930. This is the third instance in England where residents have considered a symbolic referendum on leaving the UK over local opposition to government plans.
LONDON, September 24. /TASS/. Residents of another town in England are considering holding a symbolic referendum on leaving the UK as they oppose the government’s plans to open an illegal migrant detention center near their homes, The Daily Telegraph reported.
This is the third such case in England. The town is Crowborough, which has a population of nearly 22,000 and is located in East Sussex near London. It is known as the place where writer Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of works about detective Sherlock Holmes, lived for the last 23 years of his life until his death in 1930.
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Crowborough residents will proceed with organizing a symbolic referendum on leaving the UK if government does not abandon detention center plans
Possible · Within weeks

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