US EditionMigrant camp Labour vowed to shut will be expanded
- Labour's pledge to close the RAF Wethersfield migrant camp is being reversed as its capacity will be increased by over 50%, from 800 to 1,225 migrants, due to a rise in Channel crossings.
- So far this year, 24,000 migrants have reached British shores, marking a 45% increase compared to the previous year.
- Housing Secretary James Cleverly expressed his opposition to expanding the camp and criticized Labour for failing to manage illegal migration effectively.
- Protests are anticipated over the camp's continuation after a migrant was charged in a related incident, as community backlash grows.
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Labour to house hundreds more migrants in leafy Essex village after U-turning on election promise
A "migrant camp" which Labour promised to close last year is to be expanded due to a summer surge in Channel crossings.The camp, at the disused RAF Wethersfield base near Braintree in Essex, will have its limit increased by more than 50 per cent.The Home Office confirmed the limit on the number of migrants who can be housed at Wethersfield will be boosted from 800 to 1,225.Sir Keir Starmer pledged just before the General Election to shut the cam…
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