Channel migrant barracks 'unfit for human habitation' and major Covid outbreaks 'inevitable'
Damning report says barracks are cramped, decrepit and not suitable housing for asylum seekers
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Damning report says barracks are cramped, decrepit and not suitable housing for asylum seekers
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Last modified on Tue 26 Jan 2021 08.51 EST About 100 asylum seekers being housed at a former army barracks are to be transferred to hotels to self-isolate after a significant Covid-19 outbreak at the repurposed site. There were about 400 men held at Napier barracks near Folkestone, Kent, and roughly a quarter of the population, who had tested negative for the coronavirus, would spend 10 days in hotels inside and outside the district, Folkestone and Hythe district council (FHDC) said. The move comes after a surge in positive Covid-19 tests were returned to at least 120 men in the camp. The Hom...
Home Office urged to publish review into ‘desperate’ asylum camps amid concerns about Covid outbreak May Bulman © Provided by The Independent The Home Office is being urged to publish a review into asylum seeker accommodation, following mounting concern about the conditions in former military barracks being used to house hundreds of people. The immigration minister has confirmed that a “rapid review” of accommodation currently housing asylum seekers across the UK has been completed, but is refusing to say when it will be published. Pressure is mounting on the Home Of...