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Refugees setting themselves on fire in Wethersfield asylum centre, charities reveal
SEVERAL asylum-seekers have set themselves on fire at the controversial MDP Wethersfield asylum centre in north Essex, charities reveal today.
Staff prevent suicides with fire extinguishers while gunshots are heard amid almost nightly fighting at the Home Office’s largest refugee accommodation site, they claim.
The former RAF base opened in July and houses several hundred men.
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