James Cleverly suggests asylum seekers are lying about being suicidal

Human rights charities condemn home secretary's comments about MDP Wethersfield and say the site is acutely harmful'

Human rights campaigners have criticised the home secretary for suggesting that asylum seekers at a controversial mass accommodation site are lying about being suicidal in the hope of being moved off the former military base.

ITV News on Friday night reported on a severe mental health crisis" at Wethersfield in Essex, with many incidents of suicide and self-harm including five to 10 suicide attempts and 10 of self-harm in January this year alone - the highest level since the site opened.