Priti grills Immigration Minister on Wethersfield
Witham MP Priti Patel has met with the new Immigration Minister Tom Pursglove to discuss the on going issues and local concern about the Wethersfield asylum site. The concerns relate to spiralling operating costs, its impact on local communities and the plans to use the site for another three years, …
Priti Patel MP robustly opposes the Weathersfield Special Development Order
Witham MP Priti Patel is opposing the Government’s plans to grant itself planning permission to continue to use the former RAF Wethersfield site for large-scale asylum accommodation for another three years. The Government have tabled a Special Development Order (SDO) statutory instrument, which is set to come into force on …
GB News Interview 18th August 2023
Priti’s interview with Patrick Christys on GB News, Friday 18th August 2023.
Home Office ‘evasive’ on Wethersfield asylum plans
Witham MP Priti Patel has called on the Government to be transparent and clarify their plans for the length of time they expect the Wethersfield site to be used for asylum accommodation, following reports this weekend that the Home Office is planning to use the site for five years. The …
Priti Patel blasts government’s ‘secretive’ five-year plan to house asylum seekers on RAF base
Former home secretary Priti Patel has accused the government of being “secretive about its intentions” to house asylum seekers on a former military base. Ministers claim that accommodating 1,700 migrants at RAF Wethersfield in Essex will be cheaper than hotels, but a leaked Home Office memo showed that “value for …
Wethersfield health concerns ignored by Home Office
Witham MP Priti Patel has called on the Home Office to stop any further asylum seeker arrivals at Wethersfield until they address concerns about health screening arrangements. Since asylum seekers first moved onto the site earlier this month, there have been reports of scabies and TB among the residents, with …
GB News interview 14th July 2023
Priti’s interview with Patrick Christys on GB News, Friday 14th July 2023.
Priti raises Wethersfield concerns in Parliament
During a general debate on migration in the House of Common (15.06.23), the Witham MP Priti Patel has raised concerns about the Government’s plans to use Wethersfield to accommodate asylum seekers. The site is currently the subject of a legal challenge, although the Home Office are continuing to prepare the site for it to …
Priti writes to Home Secretary on Wethersfield
Priti recently wrote to the Home Secretary and the Immigration Minister regarding a number of unanswered questions over their plans for a large scale asylum accomodation centre at Wethersfield in the Braintree district. Local service providers are frustrated by the lack of clear information coming from the Home Office about …
Priti objects to asylum housing plans for Braintree District
During a debate in the House of Commons (29th March 2023), the Witham MP Priti Patel has raised objections to plans for asylum seekers to be housed at the former air force base at Wethersfield. The rural site, located in the neighbouring Braintree constituency, could be used to accommodate hundreds of …