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Charity taking case to High Court over Home Office asylum accommodation

Source: PA Wire

A charity taking legal action against the Government over its use of a former RAF airbase as asylum accommodation said its efforts are a bid to “literally safeguard people’s lives”.

Care4Calais said it is taking its case to the High Court over the use of the former military site, Wethersfield, in Essex to house asylum seekers.

In a Home Office factsheet online dated November this year the site is described as providing “safe accommodation for asylum seekers and is designed to be as self-sufficient as possible”.

But the charity said it intends to

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