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Hundreds of asylum seekers are being housed at a large hotel near Heathrow as the Government struggles to find accommodation for passengers forced to quarantine after arriving from virus hotspots. Ministers have so far failed to secure a single room for the scheme – intended to prevent deadly new strains of Covid-19 spreading in Britain. … Read more
Five men have been arrested over the riot at an ex-army barracks that was torched by asylum seekers in a row over conditions. Priti Patel strongly condemned the unrest at Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent, and police launched a probe after the disturbance. The riot reportedly broke out when migrants were told they would no … Read more
Asylum seekers at a coronavirus-hit army barracks were evacuated to hotels for quarantine at ’15 minutes notice’, it has been claimed. Some have also said they were forced to share rooms with those who had tested positive for the virus before they were evacuated. Napier Barracks in Kent has been used to house about 400 … Read more
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
Pandemic won’t stop the party: Thousands of maskless sun seekers pack Miami beaches and pool parties – despite a surge in the city’s cases and Florida reporting 31,000 new cases in two days Hundreds of revelers crowded Miami beaches and attended a hotel pool party on Saturday Photos show almost all of the sun seekers … Read more
Two migrants are escaping the UK’s first migrant camp at an army barracks in Kent every week, it has been revealed. Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent was turned into an ‘assessment and dispersal facility’ for migrants, with 400 arriving in September at the height of the migrant crisis, which has seen thousands cross the Channel … Read more
Almost 1,000 asylum seekers are allowed to stay in UK to escape sexual persecution in their home country Almost 1,000 gay, lesbian or bisexual applicants were offered sanctuary in 2018 Home Office sources say that homosexuality putting a person at risk was one of the main arguments made in last-minute legal challenges to deportation 501 … Read more
Locals have reacted with ‘horror’ to a proposal to house 500 asylum seekers in portable cabins near a picturesque village near one of the south’s busiest trunk roads. The plan is for the asylum applicants to be stay in the makeshift housing on Ministry of Defence land by the A303 at Barton Stacey, Hants, while … Read more
Ministers plan new law to make it harder for adult asylum seekers to pose as children after more than 2,000 attempt to hoodwink authorities in the past five years By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 16:24 GMT, 2 December 2020 | Updated: 16:24 GMT, 2 December 2020 Ministers are planning a law change … Read more
More than 2,000 adult asylum seekers have been caught lying about their age and pretending to be children, figures reveal Of 3,755 ‘children’ investigated by UK immigration half were found to be over 18 Adult asylum applications can be processed more harshly by the Home Office Genuine child victims of war, terror and disasters, are … Read more