Home Office plans to use a Pontins site to house asylum seekers have been labelled "dehumanising". It is thought the government is planning to buy up and convert "underperforming" Pontins camps, of which there are sites in Burnham-on-Sea, Southport and Camber Sands, East Sussex.
But Alex Kempton, director of operations and campaign for The Refugee Buddy Project, claims the project shows a "hostility" towards asylum seekers and refugees. Speaking to KentLive, she said “We are very concerned about the potential use of a holiday park in Camber Sands to house people seeking refuge. The plans to place people in this type of accommodation - which are detention centres - is yet more evidence of the hostility of this government toward vulnerable people.
“Placing large numbers of people in unsuitable conditions is completely dehumanising, they lose all control over their lives; have no way of cooking for themselves; have no choice over the simplest things such as the food they eat or the soap they use; and they are often crammed into rooms which are too small and which deny them any dignity.”
