Home Office Defends RAF Wethersfield

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The Home Office vs four asylum seekers: How taxpayers spent £350,000 on legal fees

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Home Office is embroiled in a legal challenge in the High Court over the use of RAF Wethersfield .

Four asylum seekers claimed conditions at the site were unlawful on six grounds, including that the Home Office failed to provide dignified living standards.

Refugee organisations said the costs were “indefensible” and called for the site to be closed.

Care4Calais described the Home Office’s spend as the latest in a list of financial waste’ on the site.

MP James Cleverly , who is the MP for area where the site sits, has also publicly voiced opposition to the plan.

Charity which brought the initial legal challenge against Wethersfield said it was too remote and isolated for asylum accommodation.

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