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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, campaigners called for its closure, saying it was unfit for human habitation. hundreds of men in limbo wait...

To take them in. this is napier barracks. for months, campaigners have called for its closure, saying it's 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 they've spent years moving through europe, looking for a future. what's it like in there? there's no room. no, no, no, no room. like...line, and the animal is sleeping, one beside one. and this is why they say conditions are harsh. a blaze ripped through one of the dorms injanuary, as pr...