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A young girl amongst a group of people thought to be migrants is carried by a Border Force officer as they are brought in to Dover, Kent (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Hundreds to be moved into Napier Barracks despite previous virus outbreak

April 20, 2021

Two men walk past signs recently erected at Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent (PA)

Napier Barracks ‘like prison’ despite Home Office improvements – asylum seeker

April 13, 2021

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, by Border Force officers following a small boat incident in the Channel (PA)

1,000 people cross Channel on small boats so far this year

March 25, 2021

Kolbassia Haoussou. (Freedom from Torture/PA)

Asylum system overhaul will ‘punish’ people seeking safety, refugees say

March 24, 2021

A view of Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent, which is currently being used by the Government to house people seeking asylum in the UK (Gareth Fuller/PA)

What are the plans to reform the asylum system?

March 24, 2021

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent. (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Patel sets out ‘most significant overhaul of our asylum system in decades’

March 24, 2021

Home Secretary Priti Patel has confirmed the UK will look at sending migrants overseas to process asylum claims and that deals could be sought with foreign nations (Parliament TV/PA)

Plans for law change to keep option of offshore asylum processing ‘open’

March 24, 2021

Priti Patel (Aaron Chown/PA)

Patel’s immigration plans: What we know so far

March 24, 2021

A young family among a group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Priti Patel defends asylum overhaul amid ‘inhumane’ claims

March 24, 2021

Priti Patel (Aaron Chown/PA)

Priti Patel to announce ‘biggest overhaul of asylum system in decades’

March 23, 2021

The migrant camp in the coastal village of Penally, near Tenby (PA)

Asylum seekers to be removed from military barracks in Wales

March 16, 2021

Handout photo dated 17/02/21 issued by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) showing Napier Barracks in Kent where the Home Office has been housing asylum seekers. Inspectors said: “The environment at both sites, especially Napier, was impoverished, run-down and unsuitable for long-term accommodation”. Issue date: Monday March 8, 2021.

Failures over use of ‘filthy’ barracks for asylum seekers – inspectors

March 8, 2021

Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent, has been used to accommodate hundreds of asylum seekers (PA)

Leukaemia sufferer housed at Napier Barracks during Covid outbreak – inspectors

March 4, 2021

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Life sentences for people smugglers considered as 100 migrants reach UK

March 1, 2021

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Welcome to the House of Glack: Former mansion could be yours for £750,000

May 7, 2020

Joy - Somer and Areeb Umeed Bakhsh now have some certainty in their lives But they have only been granted “limited leave to remain” in the UK until February, 2022.

Asylum seeker plans future that is out of this world

August 17, 2019

NHS Grampian archivist Fiona Musk has examined how hospitals ran during WW1.

Haunting images give glimpse of life inside Aberdeen asylum

August 21, 2018

Mr Cheng Yulee is pictured leaving Elgin Sheriff Court

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Asylum seeker living in Nairn found unconscious at wheel of car after drink-driving

August 3, 2018

The use of wristbands to identify asylum seekers has been condemned by campaigners

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Asylum seekers forced to wear red wristbands

January 25, 2016

Mary Souter

Highland student wins history award

June 8, 2014