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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Archie Mitchell

Migrants unlawfully housed at government’s flagship asylum site Wethersfield

Home secretary Yvette Cooper acted unlawfully in housing three asylum seekers at a “prison-like” former RAF base, the High Court has found.

Ms Cooper made “a most serious and inexplicable omission” by failing to assess the impact of housing vulnerable asylum-seekers there - meaning those with special needs or disabilities potentially being accommodated at the Essex site, the court heard.

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