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Holding three survivors of trafficking, torture and violence at RAF Wethersfield was unlawful and breached the equality act, court finds.
It couldn't be clearer: Wethersfield must close, now.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
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Holding three survivors of trafficking, torture and violence at RAF Wethersfield was unlawful and breached the equality act, court finds.
It couldn't be clearer: Wethersfield must close, now.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
dpglaw.co.uk/high-court-f...
March 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
❗Breaking news ❗
Holding three survivors of trafficking, torture and violence at RAF Wethersfield was unlawful and breached the equality act, court finds.
It couldn't be clearer: Wethersfield must close, now.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
dpglaw.co.uk/high-court-f...
Holding three survivors of trafficking, torture and violence at RAF Wethersfield was unlawful and breached the equality act, court finds.
It couldn't be clearer: Wethersfield must close, now.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
dpglaw.co.uk/high-court-f...
🚨Napier Barracks to close. Now just Wethersfield - close all the asylum camps! #CommunitiesNotCamps
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Mass asylum seeker accommodation at Napier barracks to close
After years of controversy over poor conditions, Kent site will be handed back to Ministry of Defence in September
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🚨Napier Barracks to close. Now just Wethersfield - close all the asylum camps! #CommunitiesNotCamps
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The damage to people’s ability to learn about the U.K., prepare for a life here.
There are no legitimate reasons for warehousing people. Close Wethersfield, invest the money in our communities & let people be part of them. #CommunitiesNotCamps
There are no legitimate reasons for warehousing people. Close Wethersfield, invest the money in our communities & let people be part of them. #CommunitiesNotCamps
April 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The damage to people’s ability to learn about the U.K., prepare for a life here.
There are no legitimate reasons for warehousing people. Close Wethersfield, invest the money in our communities & let people be part of them. #CommunitiesNotCamps
There are no legitimate reasons for warehousing people. Close Wethersfield, invest the money in our communities & let people be part of them. #CommunitiesNotCamps
The camps project is completely ideological: and taxpayers, communities and, most of all, people seeking sanctuary are paying the price.
Crowborough must close.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
Crowborough must close.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
January 22, 2026 at 3:11 PM
The camps project is completely ideological: and taxpayers, communities and, most of all, people seeking sanctuary are paying the price.
Crowborough must close.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
Crowborough must close.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
These harmful camps don't just fail refugees - they fail communities and taxpayers too.
The cost of this cruelty is eye-watering.
Instead of warehousing refugees in retraumatising military camps - house people in humane accommodation within communities.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
The cost of this cruelty is eye-watering.
Instead of warehousing refugees in retraumatising military camps - house people in humane accommodation within communities.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
June 26, 2026 at 1:00 PM
These harmful camps don't just fail refugees - they fail communities and taxpayers too.
The cost of this cruelty is eye-watering.
Instead of warehousing refugees in retraumatising military camps - house people in humane accommodation within communities.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
The cost of this cruelty is eye-watering.
Instead of warehousing refugees in retraumatising military camps - house people in humane accommodation within communities.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
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
Billions of £ have been wasted on ineffective asylum accommodation. Safe, community-based and cost-efficient housing is possible and should be a priority, if only on medical grounds.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
#CommunitiesNotCamps
October 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Billions of £ have been wasted on ineffective asylum accommodation. Safe, community-based and cost-efficient housing is possible and should be a priority, if only on medical grounds.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
#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
Military sites are unfit to house people fleeing war & persecution.
Falsely sold as 'cost-cutting', these plans come at huge financial & human cost.
Write to your MP - tell them people seeking asylum should be welcomed as our neighbours, not warehoused in camps: actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Falsely sold as 'cost-cutting', these plans come at huge financial & human cost.
Write to your MP - tell them people seeking asylum should be welcomed as our neighbours, not warehoused in camps: actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
#CommunitiesNotCamps
I've written to my MP to ask them to oppose all camp-style asylum accommodation and house people seeking asylum in safe and suitable housing within communities where they can rebuild their lives in di...
actionnetwork.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Military sites are unfit to house people fleeing war & persecution.
Falsely sold as 'cost-cutting', these plans come at huge financial & human cost.
Write to your MP - tell them people seeking asylum should be welcomed as our neighbours, not warehoused in camps: actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Falsely sold as 'cost-cutting', these plans come at huge financial & human cost.
Write to your MP - tell them people seeking asylum should be welcomed as our neighbours, not warehoused in camps: actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Government has announced it is doubling down on the failed experiment of warehousing people seeking safety in retraumatising camps and barracks.
Despite these harmful large-scale sites costing 5x more than humane accommodation within communities.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Despite these harmful large-scale sites costing 5x more than humane accommodation within communities.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
June 26, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Government has announced it is doubling down on the failed experiment of warehousing people seeking safety in retraumatising camps and barracks.
Despite these harmful large-scale sites costing 5x more than humane accommodation within communities.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Despite these harmful large-scale sites costing 5x more than humane accommodation within communities.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This latest report shows that men who have suffered persecution and abuse continue to be subjected to poor conditions and structural violence at RAF Wethersfield.
Over 60% of men examined had severe mental distress and 30% reported suicidal ideation. 👇
#CommunitiesNotCamps
Over 60% of men examined had severe mental distress and 30% reported suicidal ideation. 👇
#CommunitiesNotCamps
NEW REPORT 📣 Our teams have been visiting RAF Wethersfield residents. Our report reveals what happens when people seeking safety are put into mass asylum camps by the UK government: immense harm.
Please share #CommunitiesNotCamps #CloseTheCamps
www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/news/the-uk-...
Please share #CommunitiesNotCamps #CloseTheCamps
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The UK Government must close Wethersfield asylum camp - Doctors of the World
For over one year, Doctors of the World, in partnership with Médecins Sans Frontières, ran a primary healthcare mobile clinic outside the main gates of the former RAF base at Wethersfield.
www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk
May 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
This latest report shows that men who have suffered persecution and abuse continue to be subjected to poor conditions and structural violence at RAF Wethersfield.
Over 60% of men examined had severe mental distress and 30% reported suicidal ideation. 👇
#CommunitiesNotCamps
Over 60% of men examined had severe mental distress and 30% reported suicidal ideation. 👇
#CommunitiesNotCamps
The Bibby Stockholm exposed the profound harm caused by forcing people seeking asylum into unsafe, unsuitable large sites. Though the barge closed a year ago, the same cruelty continues in ex-military camps.
We need #CommunitiesNotCamps
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We need #CommunitiesNotCamps
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bibby Stockholm one year on: The legacy of the asylum barge
The Bibby Stockholm barge was moored at Portland Port for 18 months before it was shut down.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 10:31 AM
The Bibby Stockholm exposed the profound harm caused by forcing people seeking asylum into unsafe, unsuitable large sites. Though the barge closed a year ago, the same cruelty continues in ex-military camps.
We need #CommunitiesNotCamps
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We need #CommunitiesNotCamps
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
NEW REPORT 📣 Our teams have been visiting RAF Wethersfield residents. Our report reveals what happens when people seeking safety are put into mass asylum camps by the UK government: immense harm.
Please share #CommunitiesNotCamps #CloseTheCamps
www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/news/the-uk-...
Please share #CommunitiesNotCamps #CloseTheCamps
www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/news/the-uk-...
The UK Government must close Wethersfield asylum camp - Doctors of the World
For over one year, Doctors of the World, in partnership with Médecins Sans Frontières, ran a primary healthcare mobile clinic outside the main gates of the former RAF base at Wethersfield.
www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk
May 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
NEW REPORT 📣 Our teams have been visiting RAF Wethersfield residents. Our report reveals what happens when people seeking safety are put into mass asylum camps by the UK government: immense harm.
Please share #CommunitiesNotCamps #CloseTheCamps
www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/news/the-uk-...
Please share #CommunitiesNotCamps #CloseTheCamps
www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/news/the-uk-...
Despite the welcome end to the horrific Bibby Stockholm barge, people who've come to the UK for protection still face appalling conditions in isolated camps.
We believe people seeking asylum should be welcomed as our neighbours. Agree? Join our #CommunitiesNotCamps campaign:
https://buff.ly/4ge5guK
We believe people seeking asylum should be welcomed as our neighbours. Agree? Join our #CommunitiesNotCamps campaign:
https://buff.ly/4ge5guK
December 13, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Despite the welcome end to the horrific Bibby Stockholm barge, people who've come to the UK for protection still face appalling conditions in isolated camps.
We believe people seeking asylum should be welcomed as our neighbours. Agree? Join our #CommunitiesNotCamps campaign:
https://buff.ly/4ge5guK
We believe people seeking asylum should be welcomed as our neighbours. Agree? Join our #CommunitiesNotCamps campaign:
https://buff.ly/4ge5guK
The regime is buying up warehouses to convert into concentration camps for the people ICE and Border Patrol disappear off the street — but local communities are fighting back. Find a local event and join @detentionwatchnetwork.org's national day of action on Saturday: www.mobilize.us/disappearedi...
April 24, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Three years of a policy that fails all of us.
But it doesn't have to be like this.
The camps must close. New camps must be cancelled.
We can build an asylum system that works better for all of us - but we can't do that by shutting people away in barracks.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
But it doesn't have to be like this.
The camps must close. New camps must be cancelled.
We can build an asylum system that works better for all of us - but we can't do that by shutting people away in barracks.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
July 12, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Three years of a policy that fails all of us.
But it doesn't have to be like this.
The camps must close. New camps must be cancelled.
We can build an asylum system that works better for all of us - but we can't do that by shutting people away in barracks.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
But it doesn't have to be like this.
The camps must close. New camps must be cancelled.
We can build an asylum system that works better for all of us - but we can't do that by shutting people away in barracks.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
"It was a failed experiment by the Government. We were treated as less than human." 👇
As we celebrate the very end of the Bibby Stockholm, 2025 must be the year the harmful camps remaining at Wethersfield and Napier close.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
As we celebrate the very end of the Bibby Stockholm, 2025 must be the year the harmful camps remaining at Wethersfield and Napier close.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Life and death on the Bibby Stockholm: ‘No one wanted to go inside – but we had no choice’
From the moment it was announced that asylum seekers would be accommodated on this hulking, prison-like barge, the scheme was steeped in controversy. As it leaves British waters, here is the inside st...
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"It was a failed experiment by the Government. We were treated as less than human." 👇
As we celebrate the very end of the Bibby Stockholm, 2025 must be the year the harmful camps remaining at Wethersfield and Napier close.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
As we celebrate the very end of the Bibby Stockholm, 2025 must be the year the harmful camps remaining at Wethersfield and Napier close.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Ex-military barracks & hotels are NOT suitable sites to house people seeking asylum in the UK, who have experienced unimaginable trauma.
Protests like these only deepen fear & make already-vulnerable people feel even less safe.
We need #CommunitiesNotCamps
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Protests like these only deepen fear & make already-vulnerable people feel even less safe.
We need #CommunitiesNotCamps
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Thousands march in Crowborough over asylum plan for former military camp
Protesters walk to Sussex market town from base where Home Office plans to house up to 500 asylum seekers
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Ex-military barracks & hotels are NOT suitable sites to house people seeking asylum in the UK, who have experienced unimaginable trauma.
Protests like these only deepen fear & make already-vulnerable people feel even less safe.
We need #CommunitiesNotCamps
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Protests like these only deepen fear & make already-vulnerable people feel even less safe.
We need #CommunitiesNotCamps
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
We have seen the deep harms caused by Wethersfield and Napier. Instead of reenacting failed, dangerous policies, Government must to work to ensure that everyone in our communities has somewhere safe and dignified to live.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
#CommunitiesNotCamps
October 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
We have seen the deep harms caused by Wethersfield and Napier. Instead of reenacting failed, dangerous policies, Government must to work to ensure that everyone in our communities has somewhere safe and dignified to live.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
#CommunitiesNotCamps
The last Government's failed experiment in asylum camps cost the taxpayer millions, all while traumatising and isolating torture survivors.
Now, Keir Starmer wants to return to this cruel and wasteful plan.
We can't go back.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
Now, Keir Starmer wants to return to this cruel and wasteful plan.
We can't go back.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
Why confining asylum seekers to military barracks is especially cruel
Housing asylum seekers in military barracks could cause significant damage, explains Freedom from Torture's Ann Saltar.
www.bigissue.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The last Government's failed experiment in asylum camps cost the taxpayer millions, all while traumatising and isolating torture survivors.
Now, Keir Starmer wants to return to this cruel and wasteful plan.
We can't go back.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
Now, Keir Starmer wants to return to this cruel and wasteful plan.
We can't go back.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
No one should have to spend Christmas in a barrack.
But this year, too many people are still trapped in inhumane conditions at cruel asylum camps like Wethersfield and Napier. They're dangerous, they're isolating, and they must close.
Everyone deserves to live in #CommunitiesNotCamps
But this year, too many people are still trapped in inhumane conditions at cruel asylum camps like Wethersfield and Napier. They're dangerous, they're isolating, and they must close.
Everyone deserves to live in #CommunitiesNotCamps
December 24, 2024 at 10:00 AM
No one should have to spend Christmas in a barrack.
But this year, too many people are still trapped in inhumane conditions at cruel asylum camps like Wethersfield and Napier. They're dangerous, they're isolating, and they must close.
Everyone deserves to live in #CommunitiesNotCamps
But this year, too many people are still trapped in inhumane conditions at cruel asylum camps like Wethersfield and Napier. They're dangerous, they're isolating, and they must close.
Everyone deserves to live in #CommunitiesNotCamps
This harrowing account of life on Bibby Stockholm reminds us of the appalling conditions people seeking safety were subjected to onboard.
These awful conditions continue at Napier & Wethersfield, the two remaining asylum camps which must also be closed, now.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
These awful conditions continue at Napier & Wethersfield, the two remaining asylum camps which must also be closed, now.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
Bibby Stockholm barge was 'worse than being in prison' says asylum seeker
A legionella bacteria outbreak inside the Bibby's water system was the first of a litany of problems and the barge became a controversial issue.
buff.ly
January 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This harrowing account of life on Bibby Stockholm reminds us of the appalling conditions people seeking safety were subjected to onboard.
These awful conditions continue at Napier & Wethersfield, the two remaining asylum camps which must also be closed, now.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
These awful conditions continue at Napier & Wethersfield, the two remaining asylum camps which must also be closed, now.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
If you care about human suffering, military asylum camps are a terrible idea.
If you care about taxpayers' money, military asylum camps are a terrible idea.
So why is the Government about to open more military asylum camps?
#CommunitiesNotCamps
If you care about taxpayers' money, military asylum camps are a terrible idea.
So why is the Government about to open more military asylum camps?
#CommunitiesNotCamps
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If you care about human suffering, military asylum camps are a terrible idea.
If you care about taxpayers' money, military asylum camps are a terrible idea.
So why is the Government about to open more military asylum camps?
#CommunitiesNotCamps
If you care about taxpayers' money, military asylum camps are a terrible idea.
So why is the Government about to open more military asylum camps?
#CommunitiesNotCamps
For £23 a night, people can live in a community home where they can start rebuilding their lives. Or for £123 a night, they can share barrack rooms with strangers & endure traumatic reminders of war.
It shouldn't be a difficult choice.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
It shouldn't be a difficult choice.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Fury as asylum seekers fleeing war zones housed near police firearms test site
The government plans to house asylum seekers at a military training camp in East Sussex - but campaigners fear its proximity to a police firearms test centre could be re-traumatising
www.mirror.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
For £23 a night, people can live in a community home where they can start rebuilding their lives. Or for £123 a night, they can share barrack rooms with strangers & endure traumatic reminders of war.
It shouldn't be a difficult choice.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
It shouldn't be a difficult choice.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
🚨 High court rules room-sharing for survivors of torture is unlawful.
For years, we've flagged the harm caused by room-sharing in large sites. Our doctors have repeatedly seen patients retraumatised. It's time the UK Government took medical advice seriously.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
For years, we've flagged the harm caused by room-sharing in large sites. Our doctors have repeatedly seen patients retraumatised. It's time the UK Government took medical advice seriously.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
UK government acted unlawfully by forcing torture survivors to share rooms, court rules
Judgment is blow to Shabana Mahmood’s plans to send more asylum seekers to army barracks
tinyurl.com
June 1, 2026 at 12:50 PM
🚨 High court rules room-sharing for survivors of torture is unlawful.
For years, we've flagged the harm caused by room-sharing in large sites. Our doctors have repeatedly seen patients retraumatised. It's time the UK Government took medical advice seriously.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
For years, we've flagged the harm caused by room-sharing in large sites. Our doctors have repeatedly seen patients retraumatised. It's time the UK Government took medical advice seriously.
#CommunitiesNotCamps