It’s Britain’s biggest and most controversial camp for asylum seekers whose 800 mostly male migrants will soon outnumber the residents of the village it abuts. But while the Wethersfield centre has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The government’s main asylum accommodation site at a former RAF base in Essex is not currently suitable for any migrants, the High ...

The Home Office have this week began housing adult male migrants at the UK's largest asylum accommodation centre at MDP Wethersfield, a 335-hectare airfield owned by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The ...

Migrants unlawfully housed at government’s flagship asylum site Wethersfield - Refugee charity Care4Calais calls for RAF ...

For over one year, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in partnership with Doctors of the World (DOTW) UK, ran a general healthcare mobile clinic outside the main gates of the former Royal Air Forces base ...

Alexander arrived at MDP Wethersfield two months ago having illegally crossed the English Channel An asylum seeker said the conditions at a former RAF station had left him regretting his four-year ...

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22:27, Sun, Nov 3, 2024 Updated: 22:36, Sun, Nov 3, 2024 A former RAF base in Essex, which was turned into an asylum centre by the last Government, could be expanded despite Sir Keir Starmer's vow to ...

The former RAF airbase that the Home Office has claimed in order to house up to 2,000 asylum seekers has a high risk of “radioactive” contamination, a new report has found. The report, commissioned by ...

An asylum seeker said the conditions at a former RAF station had left him regretting his four-year journey to the UK. The migrant, who gave his name as Alexander, arrived at MDP Wethersfield, near ...

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