The charity Care4Calais says RAF Wethersfield the site does not meet the Home Office’s legal requirements to provide ‘adequate’ accommodation for those seeking asylum The Government could face another courtroom battle over its immigration policies, with a new legal challenge against the use of a former RAF base to house asylum seekers.as they wait for their claims to be processed, but the number could rise to 1,700 once the site is “fully operational”, the Home Office said.
The site is 1.5 miles from the village of Wethersfield and almost 12 miles from the nearest large town of Braintree, with no pedestrian access or nearby public transport, the charity said, arguing that this amounts to “segregation” by making it “effectively impossible for residents to interact with the local community”.
“Residents are prohibited and prevented from leaving via that exit other than on one of the daily buses, which may not be possible,” the charity.