A blaze ripped through one of the dorms injanuary, as protests grew over conditions. Injust two months, almost 200 men were infected with covid, as the virus swept through the packed dormitories and shared facilities. Some tried to run away, fearing for their lives. Today, Mrjustice Linden ruled that it was inevitable there would be a major outbreak of covid 19. He said that led to actual bodily harm of the residents and, as a result, the Mental Health of the claimants deteriorated. Today, residents say theyre still desperate to leave. We not have hot water. We not have internet, we not have electricity. We have just one douche for 100 person, and live in this Military Base for 100 people. You understand 7 if you need food bad food. Same food, notjust bad. And everything, my friend, is bad here. The Home Office Today said it was disappointed with the ruling, but it hasnt said whether its going to appeal and its go no plans, either, to close the facility. Thats because it now believes i
Here in london, the High Court has ruled that the Uk Government acted unlawfully by Housing Migrants in a former army barracks, where 200 of them caught coronavirus. Six Asylum Seekers brought the case, claiming that Napier Barracks in folkestone were unsafe. Our legal correspondent Dominic Casciani has the details. A former and Rundown Army Base less than a mile from the English Channel a temporary home for Asylum Seekers arriving in dinghies and lorries, asking for britain to take them in. This is Napier Barracks. For months, campaigners have called for its closure, saying its unfit for human habitation. Hundreds of men in limbo, waiting for a decision on whether they can stay, or must leave the uk. Men like these, from iran, kuwait and elsewhere, who, from behind wire, tell me theyve spent years moving through europe, looking for a future. Whats it like in there . Theres no room. No, no, no, no room. Like. Line, and the animal is sleeping, one beside one. And this is why they say co
Off the uk Green List. For travellers whod hoped to get to one of the very few options for european holidays, its a bitter blow im gutted, really. But, anyway, it is what it is. I understand. But we Cant Quarantine. We are trying to change flights as i stand. But its not likely that ill be able to go. Greece, along with spain, france, and italy, all remain on the amber list, meaning ten Days Quarantine on return, and two covid tests. As the Travel Industry reacts with dismay, well be asking if this is a foretaste of a Stop Start Summer for british Holiday Makers. Also tonight. The squalid barracks in kent where hundreds of Asylum Seekers got covid. The High Court says the government broke the law by putting them there. The mother of a 14 year old boy stabbed to death in birmingham pays tribute at the scene where he died. Fears that a burnt out Cargo Ship off the coast of Sri Lanka could spill hundreds of tonnes of oil into the sea. And a double century on his debut for New Zealands Dev