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Far-right thugs harassing asylum-seekers whenever they leave MoD site in Kent where they are being held, campaigners tell the Star
Refugee rights groups to hold welcome event outside Napier Barracks in Folkestone
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought into Dover, Kent, by Border Force following a small boat incident in the Channel, earlier this month
ASYLUM-SEEKERS held in a former army camp in Kent are being harassed and intimidated by far-right activists every time they leave the site, campaigners told the Morning Star today.
Refugee rights groups are holding a welcome event on Saturday outside Napier Barracks in Folkestone to show support for the asylum-seekers and “undercut” the hateful messages of a small number of racists.
Bridget Chapman from the Kent Refugee Action Network, one of the protest organisers, said: “There’s a narrative being pushed by the far right which says that people in Folkestone don’t want fellow human beings accommodated in the town.
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