Africa: UK Government Must Immediately Close Wethersfield Mass Containment Site for Asylum Seekers

Africa: UK Government Must Immediately Close Wethersfield Mass Containment Site for Asylum Seekers

Press Release - For over one year, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in partnership with Doctors of the World (DOTW) UK, ran a general healthcare mobile clinic outside the main gates of the former Royal Air Forces base at Wethersfield, in the United Kingdom (UK). Between November 2023 and December 2024, we documented how the isolated site, which accommodates up to 800 men aged between 18 and 65, causes immense harm.