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by Bethany Rielly PRITI PATEL is facing allegations of having misled MPs over coronavirus safety at asylum-seeker accommodation after inspectors found squalid conditions at two sites. On Monday, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons and the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders & Immigration branded Penally camp in Pembrokeshire and Napier Barracks in Kent, where hundreds of asylum-seekers have been held since September, “impoverished,” “run-down” and in some areas “filthy.”
Inspectors accused the Home Office of “fundamental failures” in leadership and planning, with Ms Patel’s department having only given contractors two weeks to prepare the sites. Their findings back up warnings from Public Health England and Public Health Wales that the accommodation was not fit for use during the pandemic. ....
On 23 March the UK went into lockdown as Covid-19 rapidly spread throughout the country. Many businesses were told to close-up shop, workers were told to work from home and the economy essentially shut down for the following four months. However, it has recently been reported that in factories supplying clothes for Boohoo in Sheffield, workers were forced to continue going to work, social distancing rules were breached and hygiene measures were never put in place. An investigation into working practices at the Boohoo factory was launched after 28 workers tested positive for Covid-19. It was reported in the Daily Mail that workers shared cars on their way to work, employees went in despite feeling ill and many claimed that they felt their lives were put at risk. ....
RISHI SUNAK must scrap migrant welfare curbs in the upcoming Budget or risk driving an unprecedented number of families into destitution, campaigners warned today. The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) and the Indoamerican Refugee and Migrant Organisation (IRMO) urged the Chancellor today to drop the “no recourse to public funds” (NRPF) rule, which excludes an estimated 1.4 million people from accessing state support. The call comes as the JCWI published new research suggesting that one in four migrants have lost their job during the pandemic. Of those who became unemployed, 75 per cent are affected by the NRPF rule, which prevents them accessing most social security benefits and social housing. ....
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