Asylum seekers will be moved out of a military barracks in Wales within days, the Welsh Secretary has said.
However, its sister site at Napier Barracks in Kent – which has been dogged by accusations of poor conditions amid a major virus outbreak – is to remain in operation.
Simon Hart confirmed in a letter to residents near Penally camp, in Pembrokeshire, that the site would be returned to the Ministry of Defence by March 21.
Mr Hart’s letter said that although the decision to use the camp to house asylum seekers had caused “much frustration and anger” in the community, the Home Office claimed it had “little option at the time”.
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