Village Revolt and Rising Costs: The UK's Asylum System Faces a Reckoning

The residents of Piddington, a quiet Oxfordshire village of just 350 people, have voted overwhelmingly to secede from Britain in a dramatic protest against government plans to house 1,256 male asylum seekers at a nearby former military base. In a symbolic referendum on Tuesday, 285 villagers voted for independence, with just 26 voting against — a result that captures the raw fury in communities asked to absorb the weight of national...