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Calls for closure of Napier Barracks renewed as more Covid cases identified just months after major outbreak
The Home Office insisted again that it would be an “insult” to suggest that Napier Barracks is not “adequate” for asylum-seekers
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.
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