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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

Asylum seekers moved to RAF base despite Home Office court battle over site

PA Wire

The Home Office has moved asylum seekers into an Essex military base despite being embroiled in an ongoing legal challenge over using the site to house 1,700 people.

The first 46 migrants arrived at RAF Wethersfield hours before a hearing began at the High Court on Wednesday morning, in spite of warnings from the local council that the site was not safe.

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