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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
May Bulman

Picnic tables and basketball hoop not enough to improve conditions at Napier Barracks, charities warn

PA Wire

The Home Office’s decision to provide picnic tables and limited sporting facilities at Napier Barracks in a bid to improve conditions for migrants living there has “not scratched the surface”, MPs and charities have warned.

Eight months after the High Court found that the Ministry of Defence site, which was repurposed by the Home Office for use as asylum seeker accommodation in September 2020, failed to meet the “minimum standard”, ministers are being warned that the same issues remain.

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