Asylum Seekers: Military families in Essex 'appalled' at week's notice to leave former airbase

Some military families have been given just a week's notice to leave a former air base in Essex which is being turned into accommodation for asylum seekers, Sky News has been told.

Around 18 army families have been living on the site at Wethersfield and Sky News understands the Home Office plans to move asylum seekers in this summer.

Read more on the story here: https://news.sky.com/story/wethersfield-asylum-seekers-accommodation-military-families-in-essex-appalled-at-weeks-notice-to-leave-former-airbase-12912961

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