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Up to 40 asylum seekers living at Britain’s first migrant camp in Kent today went on hunger strike and are sleeping outdoors in protest at conditions inside. Many migrants gathered outside the barbed wire-topped fence at Napier Barracks in Folkestone at around 1pm chanting ‘freedom!’ and waving banners. There have been reports of suicide attempts within … Read more
Thousands of protesters marched on Thailand’s royal barracks last night holding inflatable rubber ducks – a symbol used by the peaceful pro-democracy movement to ridicule the police. Heavily-armoured officers defended by shields and banks of barbed wire kept the demonstrators from getting close to the King’s Guard headquarters in Bangkok on Sunday. Protesters are demanding … Read more
Migrants have protested over living conditions under lockdown at a former military barracks. Crowds shouted ‘we want freedom’ at a fence in Napier Barracks, Folkestone, on Monday. Footage recorded by an onlooker shows the group hit and pull at the barrier while officers watch from the other side. Some help lift a man in a blue jacket so he … Read more
An RAF serviceman was found hanged in his barracks after worrying about having his first child with his ex-girlfriend, a coroner has heard. Luke Neeson, 25, had been socialising with his colleagues at The Eagle Public House in Oxfordshire on Boxing Day when he started saying he was ‘anxious’ about becoming a first-time father. He … Read more
‘This place is no good’: Migrant whose journey from Sudan has ended at a converted Army barracks says the conditions are like a prison… and wishes he had STAYED in France to claim asylum there Four Sudanese asylum seekers moved to former Army barracks in Folkestone The men, who said they are in their 20s and … Read more
The first migrants have arrived in taxis at an army barracks in Kent which has been converted into a ‘dispersal facility’. Around 20 migrants were brought to Napier Barracks in Folkestone today where they could be housed for the up to a year. At 7.45pm this evening a black BMW saloon arrived at the barracks … Read more
First migrants are set to arrive today at disused Kent barracks where 400 will be housed for up to a year awaiting asylum decisions – after Priti Patel vowed to fly at least 1,000 back to Europe Napier Barracks has been turned into an ‘assessment and dispersal facility’ The first arrivals are expected later today … Read more
A disused army barracks in Kent is set to be turned into the UK’s first migrant holding camp as more people make the journey across the Channel, including a father who was today pictured carrying his baby beneath the White Cliffs of Dover. Around 400 people including families, believed to have crossed the Channel in … Read more
Drug raid on Queen’s guard barracks uncovers traces of cocaine and ecstasy as soldiers are warned they will face regular tests Royal Military and civilian police officers raided the barracks of the Welsh Guard The joint team swabbed the cards and wallets of as many as 200 soldiers Five soldier’s possessions tested positive for traces … Read more