Landlady Jacqui Braithwaite says the direct impact on the community from the asylum seekers was "negligible" and residents ...

Wethersfield, a ‘large-scale site’ bought in a bid to reduce the Government’s huge hotel bill, is a failing solution to an ...

James Cleverly, the Conservative MP for Braintree, said when he was in cabinet he opposed the decision in 2023 to open the ...

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An estimated 700 asylum seekers are currently living at RAF Wethersfield, Essex – but 39 have been ... This is because when an asylum seeker arrives in the UK, Border Force officers can reject ...

Mr Smith said the government had closed the Bibby Stockholm migrant barge which housed asylum seekers and “must now do the same with Wethersfield”. “Everyone seeking safety in the UK ...

The Government acted “unlawfully” by accommodating four vulnerable asylum seekers at RAF Wethersfield ... at the former airbase near Braintree, Essex, between July 2023 and February 2024.

"Without a doubt, there are groups of men not native to England that ... metres from MDP Wethersfield's perimeter fence, which was previously one of the remotest areas of Essex.

A result of this was that vulnerable asylum seekers with special needs or disabilities could be judged suitable to be accommodated at Wethersfield ... near Braintree, Essex, between July 2023 ...