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Home Office accepts it placed asylum seekers at heightened risk of Covid in barracks, court hears May Bulman © Provided by The Independent The Home Office has admitted that it placed asylum seekers at increased risk of contracting the coronavirus when housing them in military barracks, and justified this by saying the men were “young and healthy”. Priti Patel’s lawyers said she had “always accepted and acknowledged that transmission risk is higher in congregate settings” such as Napier Barracks in Kent, where she placed 400 asylum seekers last September. A Covid outbreak occurred at the site – where residents were housed 14 to a dormitory – in January, leading to 200 people testing positive. Residents were told during the outbreak that they must not leave the premises, causing considerable distress.

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