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The UK’s immigration watchdog has published a report on the Home Office’s use of penalties and sanctions to encourage immigration compliance. More, here.

“We have brought the serious vulnerabilities of our clients to the attention of the Home Office. Their response to date has been to transfer 20 men to alternative accommodation." Pictures: Gareth Davies Photography/Martin Cavaney Photography TWENTY ‘vulnerable’ asylum seekers from Penally Camp have been transferred to alternative accommodation, it has been reported this week. The move for the men comes amidst repeated calls for the residents of the former Ministry of Defence facility to be housed elsewhere because of poor living conditions, with two public protests last week. “...

TWENTY ‘vulnerable’ asylum seekers from Penally Camp have been transferred to alternative accommodation, it has been reported this week.

Last modified on Sat 16 Jan 2021 12.41 EST Pressure is mounting on the Home Office over its plans to house nearly 200 asylum seekers in what campaigners have described as a “prison-style” camp on the site of an immigration jail. The construction of prefab-style accommodation at the privately run Yarl’s Wood centre in Bedfordshire follow a series of damning reports on conditions at two former army barracks sites in Kent and Pembrokeshire being used to hold up to 600 asylum-seeking men. Campaigners have started legal action against the expansion of Yarl’s Wood, which is set to house its...

Some housed in the military camp say the conditions are so bad it causes them psychological trauma.