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Number of asylum seekers at ex-RAF base in Essex to rise

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July 31, 2025

The Home Office is increasing the number of asylum seekers accommodated at a controversial military base by more than 50%.

- Diane Taylor

There are about 800 asylum seekers currently housed at the remote former RAF base MDP Wethersfield in Essex and the Home Office is moving in 445 more.

Wethersfield is one of only two Home Office mass accommodation sites, along with the Napier barracks in Folkestone, and was already the largest.

Campaigners and the local council have expressed concern about the increase at the remote site, the scene of previous anti-migrant protests.

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