Cold comfort Kent: where small-boat arrivals receive a fraying welcome

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From Dover harbour to Marston and Napier barracks, the UK is offering asylum seekers who cross the Channel a very mixed reception

From Dover port to Marston and Napier barracks, the UK offers asylum seekers who cross the Channel a mixed reception

A Chinook military helicopter flys over Napier barracks in Folkestone, where every fence has been covered up with tarpaulin to separate the asylum seekers housed inside from the outside.A Chinook military helicopter flys over Napier barracks in Folkestone, where every fence has been covered up with tarpaulin to separate the asylum seekers housed inside from the outside.

At a time when the Home Office is facing unprecedented pressure over small boat crossings as numbers have risen above a record 40,000 so far this year, officials are likely to regard every arrival-free day as a bonus. This Thursday marks the first anniversary ofThere are a series of immigration landmarks along thecoast, some looking rather frayed at the edges, where small boat arrivals are processed and temporarily accommodated.

At Napier, the military barracks in Folkestone, used to house hundreds of asylum seekers by the Home Office, it is no longer possible to speak through the metal fencing to asylum seekers inside, although they are not locked up on the site. The extensive perimeter has now been wrapped in blue tarpaulin which flaps in the wind. The Home Office continues to use the barracks afterin June 2021 which found that conditions there failed to meet a minimum standard.

Officials made a belated admission at the height of the Covid pandemic last year that about 200 people had become infected with the virus. Since then theA glimpse behind tarpaulin covering the entrance to Manston processing centre.At Manston, another military base along the coast, which provides basic temporary accommodation in a series of marquees, the Home Office started to process small boat arrivals in February.

 

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