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Planned asylum seeker site near Hampshire village 'like open prison'
Anger over government proposal to house up to 500 people in cabins on MoD land beside Barton StaceyThe government has been severely criticised for a proposal to house up to 500 asylum seekers in “temporary buildings akin to an open prison” next to a small Hampshire village.The plans, which would construct cabin-style accommodation on former Ministry of Defence land near Barton Stacey, close to the A303 trunk road, 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. Continue reading...
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