The two year anniversary of Wethersfield Asylum Camp. The Labour Party pledged to close it, but current occupancy is higher than it ever, with no signs of the promised closure.
#WethersfieldMustClose #CommunitiesNotCamps
#WethersfieldMustClose #CommunitiesNotCamps
It's two years today since the opening of Wethersfield: the prison-like camp where hundreds of people seeking sanctuary are shut away.
Here, we look back at two years of suffering & scandal to show why Wethersfield MUST close.
[CN: thread contains suicide & torture mentions]
Here, we look back at two years of suffering & scandal to show why Wethersfield MUST close.
[CN: thread contains suicide & torture mentions]
July 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The two year anniversary of Wethersfield Asylum Camp. The Labour Party pledged to close it, but current occupancy is higher than it ever, with no signs of the promised closure.
#WethersfieldMustClose #CommunitiesNotCamps
#WethersfieldMustClose #CommunitiesNotCamps
How do you recover in this environment? How do you learn about the U.K., learn language, and start to think about rebuilding your life?
Start treating people like the humans they are would be Step 1 in any decent system. #CommunitiesNotCamps #WethersfieldMustClose
Start treating people like the humans they are would be Step 1 in any decent system. #CommunitiesNotCamps #WethersfieldMustClose
May 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
How do you recover in this environment? How do you learn about the U.K., learn language, and start to think about rebuilding your life?
Start treating people like the humans they are would be Step 1 in any decent system. #CommunitiesNotCamps #WethersfieldMustClose
Start treating people like the humans they are would be Step 1 in any decent system. #CommunitiesNotCamps #WethersfieldMustClose
Today, the High Court ruled that the Government acted unlawfully in holding three vulnerable people in the asylum camp at RAF Wethersfield, failing to follow equalities law and worsening people's mental health.
Here's how another resident described life at this camp.
#WethersfieldMustClose
Here's how another resident described life at this camp.
#WethersfieldMustClose
March 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Today, the High Court ruled that the Government acted unlawfully in holding three vulnerable people in the asylum camp at RAF Wethersfield, failing to follow equalities law and worsening people's mental health.
Here's how another resident described life at this camp.
#WethersfieldMustClose
Here's how another resident described life at this camp.
#WethersfieldMustClose
Every day that this camp stays open, more lives are put at risk.
Every human being deserves to live safely in communities, not camps.
#WethersfieldMustClose
Every human being deserves to live safely in communities, not camps.
#WethersfieldMustClose
Self-harm and suicide attempts are among over 400 incidents recorded at the government’s flagship asylum camp last year – shining a spotlight on the “highly dangerous” conditions at the site that Sir Keir Starmer tried to shut down.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Suicide attempts among hundreds of incidents at ‘highly dangerous’ UK asylum camp
Exclusive: More than one incident at day at asylum camp branded ‘an unmitigated disaster’
www.independent.co.uk
February 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Every day that this camp stays open, more lives are put at risk.
Every human being deserves to live safely in communities, not camps.
#WethersfieldMustClose
Every human being deserves to live safely in communities, not camps.
#WethersfieldMustClose