The ex-RAF base in Essex that could house asylum seekers
Braintree District Council says it has been approached by the government to discuss using the former RAF Wethersfield airbase as a centre for asylum seekers.
BBC correspondent Nick Johnson visits the "bleak and isolated" former airbase in rural Essex.
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