ILLEGAL immigrants have been gifted a brand new astro turf football pitch – as local schools are forced to scrimp charity cash to pay for their own.

Illegal immigrants get football pitch as schools forced to fund own 

Detainees at Campsfield House removal centre enjoy kick arounds and BBQs on the new sports ground, recently built with £81,365 of taxpayers' cash.
Failed asylum seekers and ex-foreign criminals are sent to the secure site in Oxfordshire to await the boot from the UK.
The centre's official annual report – seen by The Sun – also reveals how sports competitions are held on the astro turf, with cash prizes for winners.
Generous facilities at the centre that holds 216 male immigrants already include a sports hall, as well as a library, fitness suite, IT room, welfare office, study centre, art room, multi-faith prayer room, mosque, large screen TV room and garden with bench-seats and tables.
Our revelations will spark fury, as many schools and sports clubs can only dream of affording such expensive facilities.
Just 20 miles away from the removal centre, academy school St Birinus in Didcot had to launch a campaign to raise funds for an all-weather pitch.
And in nearby Marlborough, Wiltshire, staff at St John's academy school scaled the highest mountains in each of England, Wales and Scotland in under 24 hours to raise money for a new pitch.
Top level facilities were ordered for Campsfield House after rioting led to 26 detainees escaping in 2007.
But campaigners have blasted the Home Office's decision to invest in the pitch as "utterly wrong".
UKIP deputy leader Paul Nuttall said: "This is yet another example of how taxpayers' money gets wasted thanks to a government that has got its priorities wrong.
"Whilst our hospitals, schools and local services are stretched to breaking point, taxpayers are forking out so illegal migrants with no right to be here can have a good kickabout.
"It is utterly wrong."
Campsfield's residents have no legal right in the UK but have refused to leave voluntarily.
They can leave at any time, but only if they return to their home countries.
A Home Office spokesperson said: "It is important that our centres are well-run, safe and secure and our detainees are provided with the proper facilities during their detention.
"The changes to Campsfield House were made following an inspection by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons in May 2011 which advised outdoor facilities should be improved."