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Asylum seekers queue for the one canteen at Napier Barracks in Folkestone where they're being kept
CASES of Covid-19 have once again been identified at a military barracks being used to house asylum-seekers, several months after a major outbreak at the camp – leading to renewed calls for the site to be closed immediately.
The Home Office said a “small number” of infections have been found at Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent.
Nearly 200 people at the site contracted coronavirus earlier this year, leading to accusations that health advice had been ignored.
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE