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Covid: Inspection call as Penally asylum seeker camp 'like a jail'

Asylum seekers housed in a military training camp have claimed the "very bad" conditions are making them feel increasingly desperate.

The Home Office decided to house up to 250 asylum seekers at the site in Penally, Pembrokeshire, from September.

But some housed at the camp claim the conditions are unsafe and putting them at risk of coronavirus.

Plaid Cymru has called for an urgent inspection, but the Home Office said it was safe and "Covid-compliant".

14 January 2021

Refugees and asylum seekers

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