# Undercover film reveals poor conditions at Crowborough asylum camp

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/tv-tonight-a-tough-look-inside-crowborough-asylum-camp/
- Published: 2026-11-15T06:15:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T06:32:19+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/nov/15/tv-tonight-a-tough-look-inside-crowborough-asylum-camp
- Topics: Culture, Entertainment, TV

## Key points

- An undercover documentary depicts bleak conditions at Crowborough’s asylum seeker camp.
- Residents are described as traumatised, amid concerns about how the site is run.
- The film also shows a range of reactions among local people.

## Summary

An undercover documentary visits the asylum seeker camp at a former military site in Crowborough, where residents are described as traumatised and conditions as poor. It also speaks to local people, whose responses range from ignorance to generosity, and presents a bleak picture of a situation that could be improved for both the camp’s residents and the town.

The article gives no figures about the camp or its residents. It says the site is allegedly badly run and part of a company owned by a billionaire, while noting that paranoia has spread in Crowborough since asylum seekers arrived. The piece is a guide to that evening’s television, also featuring wildlife, drama, fishing, travel, music, film and sport.

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