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Here in london, the high court has ruled that the uk government acted unlawfully by housing migrants in a former army barracks, where 200 of them caught coronavirus. six asylum seekers brought the case, claiming that napier barracks in folkestone were unsafe. our legal correspondent dominic casciani has the details. a former and rundown army base less than a mile from the english channel — a temporary home for asylum seekers arriving in dinghies and lorries, asking for britain to take them in....

The case, claiming that napier barracks in folkestone were unsafe. the home office said that use of the barracks would continue, and that it was considering its next steps. dominic casciani reports. a former and rundown army base less than a mile from the english channel — a temporary home for asylum seekers arriving in dinghies and lorries, asking for britain to take them in. this is napier barracks. for months, campaigners have called for its closure, saying its unfit for human habitation. h...

And that it was considering its next steps. dominic casciani reports. a former and rundown army base less than a mile from the english channel — a temporary home for asylum seekers arriving in dinghies and lorries, asking for britain to take them in. this is napier barracks. for months, campaigners have called for its closure, saying its unfit for human habitation. hundreds of men in limbo, waiting for a decision on whether they can stay, or must leave the uk. men like these, from iran, kuwait...

Hundreds of men in limbo, waiting for a decision on whether they can stay or must leave the uk, men like these, from iran, kuwait and elsewhere, who, from behind wire, tell me they have spent years moving through europe, looking for a future. what is it like in there? there is no room. no, no room. like line, and the animal is sleeping, one beside one. this is why they say conditions are harsh. a blaze ripped through one of the dorms injanuary, as protests grew over conditions. injust two months...

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Of them caught coronavirus. six asylum seekers brought the case, claiming that napier barracks in folkestone were unsafe. the home office said that use of the barracks would continue, and that it was considering its next steps. our legal correspondent dominic casciani has the details. a four—man rundown army base, less than a mile from the english channel, home for asylum seekers arriving in dinghies and lorries, asking for britain to take them in. this is napier barracks. four months, campaig...

To take them in. this is napier barracks. for months, campaigners have called for its closure, saying its unfit for human habitation. hundreds of men in limbo, waiting for a decision on whether they can stay, or must leave the uk. men like these, from iran, kuwait and elsewhere, who, from behind wire, tell me theyve spent years moving through europe, looking for a future. whats it like in there? theres no room. no, no, no, no room. like...line, and the animal is sleeping, one beside one. and thi...