Following the fire last Friday, 13 asylum seekers have been transferred out of Napier barracks to Tinsley House immigration removal centre. It is understood they are accused of taking part in a protest at the barracks, also last Friday, and are on criminal bail.
The government told the court that transfers away from the barracks were not possible while it was in lockdown due to the Covid outbreak, but the court agreed with the asylum seeker that exceptions can be made to Covid regulations to avoid further harm to the asylum seekers at the barracks and that the transfer needed to take place within hours.
Asylum seeker at Napier Barracks obtains court injunction that he must be re-housed
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Updated: 12:06, 03 February 2021
A deputy High Court judge has ordered that an asylum seeker living at Napier Barracks must be re-housed within 24 hours.
The claimant, who is not named, arrived in the UK in August 2020 and is a potential victim of trafficking.
A judge has ordered that an asylum seeker at Napier Barracks must be re-housed
He was placed in the Folkestone army barracks in September 2020 and, although the Home Office agreed to transfer him to alternative accommodation on January 19 this year, they had still not done so two weeksâ later.