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Suicide attempts and self harm among hundreds of reported incidents at ‘highly dangerous’ UK asylum camp

Exclusive: More than one incident at day at asylum camp branded ‘an unmitigated disaster’

The Independent UK

‘I felt like I was in a cage’: Flagship asylum site Wethersfield should not house migrants, court told

Charities say a mental health crisis is unfolding among migrants at the Wethersfield asylum site in Essex

The Independent UK

Good riddance, Bibby Stockholm. Now let’s ditch all of the UK’s other cruel asylum gimmicks

Awful testimony is emerging from another accommodation centre in Essex, reflecting a culture of cruelty and carelessness, says the writer Diane Taylor

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Hunger strikes and suicide attempts as asylum seekers claim Essex site is ‘like prison’

Helen Bamber Foundation report finds ‘growing feelings of desperation’ among camp’s 600 residents

The Guardian - UK

Life inside Essex’s ‘prison-like’ asylum seeker site Wethersfield

Exclusive: Residents at the Wethersfield asylum site in Essex speak to Holly Bancroft about the mental health crisis unfolding inside

The Independent UK

James Cleverly suggests asylum seekers are lying about being suicidal

Human rights charities condemn home secretary’s comments about MDP Wethersfield and say the site is ‘acutely harmful’

The Guardian - UK

Migrant chaos as hundreds of asylum seekers leave Bibby Stockholm and RAF base

Exclusive: Hundreds of asylum seekers have left or been moved out of RAF Wethersfield and the ‘Bibby Stockholm’ already this year as costs spiral

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Asylum seekers moved out of ex-RAF site in Essex after safety risks found

Concerns were raised about Wethersfield site relating to radiological contamination and unexploded ordnance

The Guardian - UK

Plans to move asylum seekers from hotels in tatters after NAO report

Report also discloses approval was rushed through without developing safety plans or consulting councils

The Guardian - UK

Deadly experiment? UK asylum sites criticised for ‘horrific’ level of despair

Critics of the government’s mass housing plan say it won’t save public money and at worst put asylum seekers at risk of suicide

The Guardian - UK

Home Office warned of violence and arson risks at Essex airbase holding asylum seekers

Exclusive: Immigration watchdog says ‘hopelessness caused by boredom’ at Wethersfield site will inevitably lead to harm

The Guardian - UK

Medical Charity Aids 'Desperate' Migrants At Former UK Air Base

Outside an isolated former military base in the English countryside, a small medical team pitches up to assess and aid growing numbers of asylum seekers held there.

International Business Times

Médecins Sans Frontières treating refugees housed in home secretary’s constituency

War zone NGO holds clinics for traumatised migrants at RAF Wethersfield in James Cleverly’s Braintree constituency

The Guardian - UK

‘Their arrival has divided us’: Essex villagers torn over treatment of asylum seekers

Surprise visit to club by ‘impeccably behaved’ occupants of Wethersfield airbase prompts villagers to tighten admission policy for New Year’s Eve

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The Independent UK

Migrants ‘suicidal’ at former RAF base housing hundreds of asylum seekers, shocking testimonies reveal

Asylum seekers housed in ‘open-prison camp’ say ‘people screaming and gunshots heard at night’

The Guardian - UK

Asylum seekers housed at ex-RAF base tried to kill themselves, study says

Report calls for immediate closure of Wethersfield as conditions are causing irreparable harm to residents

The Guardian - UK

Cleverly says he hopes to close Wethersfield asylum centre as soon as he can

Discontent among people housed at Essex site is growing, with residents complaining about conditions

The Guardian - UK

Councils ask judge to stop plan to house asylum seekers on former RAF bases

Local authorities argue that Home Office would act unlawfully by moving refugees to RAF Scampton and RAF Wethersfield

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The Independent UK

Asylum seeker on hunger strike ‘denied’ emergency help at migrant centre

Footage has been released of the incident at the former RAF Wethersfield site in Essex

The Guardian - UK

Home Office ordered to stop work on ex-RAF base for asylum seekers

Building work at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire halted after council says it breached planning rules

The Independent UK

Firefighters called to incident in disused building at asylum seeker site

Essex Fire and Rescue Service were called to the site in Wethersfield at 1.18pm on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Priti Patel blasts government’s ‘secretive’ five-year plan to house asylum seekers on RAF base

Suella Braverman used an ‘emergency’ planning bypass for a 12-month development at RAF Wethersfield, but leaked memo says it will be used for five years

The Guardian - UK

‘Secretive and evasive’: Patel criticises plan to house asylum seekers at Essex RAF base

Former home secretary demands answers from Suella Braverman about timeframe for government’s use of the site

The Guardian - UK

‘Like a stalag’: local people condemn asylum seeker housing on Essex airbase

Residents of nearby village say water mains and sewers cannot cope with large numbers of arrivals at RAF Wethersfield

The Independent UK

Government facing legal challenge over plan to house asylum seekers at airfields

The ruling comes just two days after the Home Secretary’s department moved asylum seekers on to Wethersfield Airfield in Essex for the first time.

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