In The Press

The Home Office decided to house up to 250 asylum-seekers at a military training camp in Penally, Pembrokeshire, from September. However, some housed at the camp have claimed that conditions at the site are unsafe and that they are being put at risk of coronavirus. This has prompted Plaid Cymru to call for an urgent inspection, but the Home Office says the site is safe and “Covid-compliant”. Solicitor Tom Nunn, who is representing some of the residents at the camp, argues that the camp should only be used as short-term accommodation for single, asylum-seeking males with no known vulnerabilities."The majority of them have been detained and/or tortured in their country of origin, many have been exploited on their journey to the UK and a large number have fairly severe mental health problems," he said. "It should not be the case that the only effective way of being transferred out is through making submissions through lawyers, and we are concerned about a large number of individuals who for a myriad of reasons may be unable to obtain this representation."