Contributor

Police officers in discussions with Asylum seekers outside Napier Barracks after intelligence was received that there could be a protest outside the barracks with banners and signs got out to demonstrate about the poor conditions they are subjected to inside the holding centre on the 12th of January 2021, Folkestone Kent. Police spent all day outside the holding centre in Folkestone where over 400 asylum seekers are being kept at Napier Barracks in unsuitable, cold accommodation, they are experiencing mental health issues as well as being vulnerable to health conditions including COVID-19. (photo by Andy Aitchison)

Add to Lightbox Download

Filename: UK-Border-Agency-Napier-Barracks-2643.jpg
Copyright: Andrew Aitchison
Image Size: 4724x3149 / 3.6MB; www.andrewaitchison.com; Aitchison BAME Barracks Boarder Agency COVID COVID-19 England Home Office Kent MOD NACCS Napier Napier barracks Nationwide Accommodation Services Ltd Shorncliffe UK UK home office UKBA Untied Kingdom accommodation assessment assessment and dispersal facility asylum asylum seeker asylum seekers black boarder community condition demonstration dispersal facility fence folkestone group males men migrant migrant crisis migrants military base outdoors peaceful people police policing property property investors protest refugee refugees secure security seeker young
Contained in galleries: Napier Barracks Jan 2021

Police officers in discussions with Asylum seekers outside Napier Barracks after intelligence was received that there could be a protest outside the barracks with banners and signs got out to demonstrate about the poor conditions they are subjected to inside the holding centre on the 12th of January 2021, Folkestone Kent. Police spent all day outside the holding centre in Folkestone where over 400 asylum seekers are being kept at Napier Barracks in unsuitable, cold accommodation, they are experiencing mental health issues as well as being vulnerable to health conditions including COVID-19. (photo by Andy Aitchison)