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Revealed: Mental health crisis inside UK’s largest asylum accommodation centre
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10:20Now PlayingIt's a former RAF base - deep in the Essex countryside - but it now accommodates hundreds of people who are seeking asylum in the UK. Many of them have told us that conditions at Wethersfield are intolerable, leading to regular suicide attempts and self harm, and allegations of abuse by guards.
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The Home Office and the private contractor Clearsprings told us the welfare of people housed there was of the utmost priority.
Our communities editor, Darshna Soni has made contact with several people detained at the centre and has this exclusive report.
A warning this report contains distressing images and descriptions of attempted suicide.
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