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Asylum seekers living at the former RAF Wethersfield base in Essex have been helped to found their own football team.

Wethersfield FC: The asylum seekers who formed a football team

ANG 301024 Nodari Lomsadze came to the UK on a small boat with his parents.

Three months on from the UK's anti-immigration riots, refugees and asylum seekers have told ITV News Anglia about their desperation to build a life in the East.

Unheard voices: The refugees and asylum seekers forging new lives in the East

File photo dated 05/08/24 of damage at the Holiday Inn Express in Tamworth, Staffordshire, after a mob attacked it. The Prime Minister should not leave a job "half done" in his response to the summer riots, a think tank has said as it criticised the "vacuum" in policy around community cohesion. Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to set out his plan to stop a repeat of the violent disorder involving what he described at the time as "far-right thuggery" on the streets in some parts of the UK. Issue date: Thursday September 12, 2024.
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The 49-year-old, who added to the climate of fear at the time, was found guilty at a trial.

Caller told hotel 'we'll be coming for' asylum seekers as riots broke out

Under the new administration, there could be changes to some of the biggest projects in the region.

What next for East's major projects under Labour government?

The Labour leader said his party would shut the sites down if it wins the general election - but made no commitments on a timeline.

Keir Starmer: Labour would shut down asylum seeker sites

Government plans for asylum accommodation will cost tens of millions of pounds more than using hotels Whitehall's spending watchdog has found.

Government spending millions more on Wethersfield Asylum centre than planned

David Neal, the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, also said  a "lack of purposeful activity" could impact mental health

Inspector says boredom at asylum centre could lead to violence

A police vehicle enters the asylum accommodation centre at MDP Wethersfield in Essex. Credit: PA

Medecins Sans Frontieres - a medical charity more used to working in Syria and Gaza - has been treating asylum seekers at the ex-RAF Wethersfield base in Essex.

Airbase asylum seekers have suicidal thoughts, says warzone medical charity

Hannah Pettifer interviewing a 19yo asylum seeker at RAF Wethersfield.
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The teenager told ITV News there were regular fights between asylum seekers of different nationalities.

Asylum seeker warns centre 'not safe' as fight footage emerges

A charity has launched legal action against the Government's use of a former RAF airbase in Essex to house asylum seekers.

Charity takes legal action over 'prison-like' asylum accommodation

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The man says the RAF Wethersfield base is unclean, with food so bad that he and other residents no longer eat it. 

Conditions at ex-RAF base 'like a prison', claims asylum seeker

Forty-six single adult men moved into Wethersfield Airfield near Braintree in July, after arriving in the country from small boat crossings.

New reports of scabies at ex-RAF base housing asylum seekers

Charities say that people being housed at the former RAF Wethersfield are protesting at the inadequate conditions.

Asylum seekers 'on hunger strike' at former RAF base

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A council and a resident are bringing legal action to challenge the use of a disused RAF airfield to house up to 1,700 men.

Council 'grateful' at chance to voice opposition to asylum centre in court

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Video footage shows accommodation blocks, a dining hall, a sports centre and a GP surgery.

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