In their latest dance to the fiddle of the far-right dog whistle, the Home Office have announced the building of reception centres for people seeking asylum, instead of providing hotels. The latest crackdown on the asylum system has been announced...
The Independent Chief Investigator of Borders and Immigration has released a ‘high-level overview’ of the findings of the independent inspection into the barracks, Napier, and Penally, housing people claiming asylum in the UK. Two visits were...
The Home Office is under renewed pressure to close one, if not both, of two controversial ‘migrant camps’ it set up in September last year amid widespread condemnation of its disregard for the safety of the asylum seekers within them. Concerns over...
Approximately 30 people seeking asylum left behind at Napier barracks are on hunger strike, it’s being reported. This comes as 50 residents are left at the Military of Defence site, after a swathe of Home Office removals to hotels in the...
Following the start of an inspection into the controversial use of two disused army camps as housing for asylum seekers in the UK by immigration watchdogs in mid-February, the charity Positive Action In Housing (PAIH) has compiled an unremittingly...
Recent investigations, carried out by ITV and the Observer exposed serious cases of neglect and abuse in government accommodation which houses asylum seekers. As the claims brought to light urge the Home Office to investigate, the focus is being...
The UK immigration and prison officers have confirmed an inspection of barracks and Ministry of Defence sites housing asylum seekers will go ahead, following pressures from activists and MPs. On Monday, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and...
On the 9th of February, the Home Office announced its decision to abandon expansion plans for Yarl’s Wood asylum accommodation on the immigration detention centre site. In a message to Yarl’s wood consultants, Deborah Chitten, the Home Office’s...
Insight into the government’s choice of accommodation for asylum seekers that appears to place political gain over human rights. Hundreds of asylum seekers have been living in ex-military barracks since last September awaiting decisions on asylum...
Uploaded last week, Nigel Farage’s final video of the year takes us on a trip to rural Hampshire where the Home Office is considering a new location for housing asylum seekers that’s once again far away from lawyers, charities, and anything else...