![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/first-look-inside-new-centre-to-house-small-boat-migrants-featuring-indoor-basketball-court-gym-and-bunk-beds/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1700-wednesday-july-12-gym-831257337.jpg&description=BUNK UP Published : 17:23, 12 Jul 2023 Updated : 17:49, 12 Jul 2023 SMALL boat migrants arriving at a converted RAF base in Essex will be able to use a indoor basketball court and gym. The first 50 asylum seekers arrived at the former Wethersfield Airfield air base today - where they will stay for up to nine months for their claims to be processed. 8 The gym will also be available for migrants to use while they wait to have their claims processed Credit: PA 8 They will have a basketball court to use in their free time Credit: PA 8 The site is holding 50 people at the moment - but will be ramped up to 1,700 Credit: PA 8 Inside Wethersfield in Essex, a 335-hectare airfield owned by the Ministry of Defence Credit: PA They will enjoy three meals a day, a multi-faith centre, and free bus rides out to the local area. Every arrival will get a welcome pack with toiletries and details on "what it is to be a good neighbour" - with sessions provided on how to integrate into the community. Up to 1,700 adult single men are expected to be held at the site, which will be manned with CCTV 24/7. Ministers are setting up new mass sites to hold migrants in a bid to wean the Home Office off pricey taxpayer hotels, at a huge cost of £6million a day. RAF Scampton in Lincs — home to the World War Two Dambusters — plus Wethersfield in Essex and the site of a former prison at Northeye, East Sussex , will offer basic accommodation with 24-hour security. PM Rishi Sunak is also in talks to keep migrants at Catterick Garrison barracks in his Yorkshire constituency in a bid to win over the rebellious Tories. Braintree Council is getting £3,500 per migrant in extra cash in a bid to woo them over, and additional NHS funding for on-site doctors. The Bibby Stockholm Barge is still being prepared to accommodate small boat migrants in Dorset - expected to begin by the end of the month. Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick, said yesterday: "Those individuals who have entered the UK illegally s){kind=link}
SMALL boat migrants arriving at a converted RAF base in Essex will be able to use a indoor basketball court and gym.
The first 50 asylum seekers arrived at the former Wethersfield Airfield air base today – where they will stay for up to nine months for their claims to be processed.
They will enjoy three meals a day, a multi-faith centre, and free bus rides out to the local area.
Every arrival will get a welcome pack with toiletries and details on “what it is to be a good neighbour” – with sessions provided on how to integrate into the community.
Up to 1,700 adult single men are expected to be held at the site, which will be manned with CCTV 24/7.