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  Lawyers denied access to asylum seekers in Kent barracks

  

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  Exclusive: Solicitors firm says clients need advice on asylum claims, removals and conditions at the siteLawyers have been denied access to an army barracks used to house asylum seekers to speak to dozens of clients who require urgent legal advice, the Guardian has learned, even as residents are moved directly to detention centres for removal from the UK.Napier barracks in Kent and Penally barracks in Pembrokeshire, which between them hold more than 600 men, were handed over from the Ministry of Defence to the Home Office in September to be used as accommodation for asylum seekers. Continue reading...

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  Covid cases among asylum seekers at Napier barracks higher than thought

  

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  Home affairs committee chair Yvette Cooper ‘astonished’ by Priti Patel’s responses to questionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee...

  Home affairs committee chair Yvette Cooper ‘astonished’ by Priti Patel’s responses to questionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA former military barracks being used to house asylum seekers has had at least 197 positive cases of Covid-19 this year alone, far higher than previously thought, the most senior civil servant at the Home Office has revealed.The total number of cases at Napier barracks...

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  Firm running asylum-seeker barracks in Kent stands to earn £1bn

  

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  Ten-year government contracts to Clearsprings Ready Homes come into focus after complaints over living conditionsA company...

  Ten-year government contracts to Clearsprings Ready Homes come into focus after complaints over living conditionsA company that runs the army barracks at the centre of a row over living conditions faced by asylum seekers stands to earn up to £1bn over 10 years for its government work, delivering multimillion-pound benefits for its owner.Clearsprings Ready Homes, owned by Essex businessman Graham King, runs Napier barracks...

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  'We felt like we were animals': asylum seekers describe life in UK barracks

  

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  Current and former residents of Napier and Penally barracks tell of poor conditions and lack of...

  Current and former residents of Napier and Penally barracks tell of poor conditions and lack of supportHasan Hamed almost didn’t make it to the UK. Trembling, he couldn’t bring himself to step into the boat in Calais, having paid £3,000 to make the crossing. The smuggler told him: “Either get in now or you lose your money.”Hamed, 32, from Yemen, was dealing with multiple...

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