Women start self-defence classes as cops urge ‘take precautions’ before hundreds of migrants descend on tiny village

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POLICE are urging women to “take precautions” before hundreds of migrants descend on their tiny village, according to locals.

Fearful women in leafy Piddington told The Sun they are having self-defence classes and sleepless nights ahead of the influx of asylum seekers.

They are set to hold an “independence referendum” on Tuesday in protest at plans to put illegals at the nearby Bicester military camp.

The result of the symbolic ballot in Oxfordshire will be announced on Wednesday morning.

Campaigner Sandra Innes said cops had only advised her and other women concerned for their safety to “take precautions”.

She told us: “What is precaution and what does that actually mean? Does that mean to say you can’t look at someone, you can’t smile at them?

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The Tory MP said he believed ministers were more interested in “trying to appease” left-wing MPs instead of standing up for hard-working Brits.

He added: “The fact that Andy Burnham said that all parts of the country would have to accept illegal immigrants shows how little he cares.

“If Andy Burnham really cared about protecting our borders, if Andy Burnham really cared about protecting women and girls of all backgrounds, he would be gripping this problem properly by making sure illegal immigrants are deported, not accommodated at the taxpayer’s expense.”

Labour recently gave the green light to move 1,256 male asylum seekers into an ex-military camp in the Oxfordshire village where illegals will outnumber women by a seismic 10-1.

Outraged locals are stunned that politicians have not told them how long they expect illegal males to stay at the ex-military base.

If it is in use for ten years then thousands of new undocumented migrants could pass through the site and overwhelm the area.

Concerns included strains on the health service and even the sewage system – which is running close to maximum capacity.

To prepare themselves, up to 20 women have signed up to self-defence classes in a quaint village which is home to just 358 people.

Piddington women also penned a letter to every single female MP expressing their “fear for safety” over plans to house illegal migrants.

But only four MPs responded to the plea – Tory MPs Joy Morrissey and Sarah Bool as well as Reform MPs Sarah Pochin and Suella Braverman.

Louise Brooker, 51, who lives near the base, told The Sun villagers will be “on lockdown” as everyone will be “scared to leave their homes“.

She said: “I won’t feel safe walking along the road, and that’s in the daylight. In the winter here, when it’s dark at 4pm, the very few streetlights that we have – they don’t stay on all night.

“So the village is completely pitch black so in effect we are going to be in lockdown because everyone is going to be scared to leave their homes.”

Ms Brooker added: “We’ve already arranged self defence classes for the women in the village just to prepare ourselves. It’s going to change the way we live.”

Meanwhile Gina Perkin, 37, said her life and that of her three children will be “changed forever”.

She said: “I think I would be really irresponsible if I said that they could live their lives continuing how we do.”

Ms Perkin said she had been suffering from sleepless nights.

She also regretted the fact that she would not be able to take her boys to the local park where the play football and walk the dog.