Revealed: Mental health crisis inside UK’s largest asylum accommodation centre

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Revealed: Mental health crisis inside UK’s largest asylum accommodation centre
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It's a former RAF base - deep in the Essex countryside - but it now accommodates hundreds of people who are seeking asylum in the UK.

Deep in the Essex countryside, a former RAF base is housing hundreds of people who are seeking asylum in the UK.

Many residents also claim they’ve been verbally abused by guards at the facility. One video appears to show a driver arguing with an asylum seeker. Although we don’t know the circumstances surrounding the videos, the driver is heard saying “You’re in this country and you’re telling me to f*** off? Shut up.”

The Home Office told us one person has been dismissed and they expect suppliers to take rapid action when they fall below standards.

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