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Home Office eyes up three more military sites to house thousands of asylum seekers

Former military bases, Bicester, Barnham and Linton-on-Ouse, singled out for asylum seeker housing

The Independent UK · Jun 25

Migrants unlawfully housed at government’s flagship asylum site Wethersfield

Refugee charity Care4Calais calls for RAF Wethersfield to be shut down

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2025

Victims of trafficking and torture were unlawfully housed in Essex asylum site RAF Wethersfield, court hears

Home Office is failing to properly screen vulnerable migrants before sending them to RAF Wethersfield, lawyers say

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2024

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Ambulance called to Essex asylum site 38 times this year as charities warn of increased suicide attempts

Exclusive: Asylum seekers have warned that people are ‘going crazy’ inside the flagship asylum site Wethersfield as charities call for it to be immediately shut down

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2024

Yet another asylum farce: Migrant camp condemned by home secretary moves ‘torture victims’ into hotels

Exclusive: Crisis evacuation of some 100 migrants from a camp that Priti Patel said was unfit for purpose and James Cleverly promised to close, government forced to reveal to Independent

The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2024

Home Office facing legal action over RAF base housing asylum seekers in blow to plan to stop using hotels

Charity argues RAF Wethersfield is being used as a de facto detention centre and is not suitable as long-term accommodation

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2023

Government faces legal challenge over ‘unlawful segregation’ of asylum seekers

Charity Care4Calais says Wethersfield airbase in Essex is a ‘de facto prison camp’ for about 200 people

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2023

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Private firm to be awarded £1m health contract at new asylum accommodation site

NHS trust says contract needed ‘for reasons of extreme urgency’ as costs of Rishi Sunak’s controversial asylum military bases and barges mount

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2023

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