Villagers in town with more asylum seekers than residents have been SILENCED by fears of being branded racist

It’s Britain’s biggest and most controversial camp for asylum seekers whose 800 mostly male migrants will soon outnumber the residents of the village it abuts.

But while the Wethersfield centre has been criticised by everyone from refugee charities to anti immigration politicians like Priti Patel, the one group who have been conspicuously silent have been those residents themselves.

And MailOnline has found that the likely reason for the curious hesitancy of locals to discuss their plight is the fear of being condemned in a ‘woke backlash’ by outsiders as intolerant or – worse – even racists.

Wethersfield Airfield Asylum Accommodation, to use its formal title, is situated on the site of an old RAF and sometime US Air Force base in rural Essex.

And while it’s impossible to find anyone who supports the facility, it’s also obvious that many do not want to speak out against the camp publicly for fear of being accused for their views – despite it being a fraught subject in…