Wethersfield

[weth-erz-feeld]

noun

1. a town in central Connecticut.

Example Sentences

Several staff say they chose not to turn up to work at MDP Wethersfield in Essex on Thursday in protest against new terms, conditions and pay.

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The union says government contractor Clearsprings Ready Homes is due to take over the employment of security staff at Wethersfield from Saturday.

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Earlier this year, Braintree District Council revealed the numbers at Wethersfield would rise to 1,245.

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Médecins Sans Frontières says it treats asylum seekers at Wethersfield, and in a report published in May, it said migrants had not been "appropriately screened" as to whether they were suitable for housing there.

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Two former military sites - MDP Wethersfield, a former RAF base in Essex, and Napier Barracks, a former military base in Kent - are already being used to house asylum seekers after being opened under the previous Tory government.

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