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MP demands answers over plans to use Norfolk sites for asylum seekers

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George Freeman, the MP for Mid Norfolk, is pressing the government for answers after a confidential document indicated that Wretham Camp near Thetford was being considered for asylum seeker housing.

It was one of two Norfolk bases being proposed by the Ministry of Defence alongside nearby West Tofts and and four other military sites nationwide.

Wretham Camp (Image: Denise Bradley)

The West Tofts base (Image: Google Maps)

Both Norfolk camps are within the Stanford Training Area (STANTA), a 30,000-acre region which the British Army uses for........

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