Home Office unlawfully detained asylum-seekers at Napier Barracks – High Court ruling

The High Court ruled on 3 June that Napier Barracks provided inadequate and unsafe accommodation for asylum-seekers, and that a major COVID outbreak there was inevitable. The ruling also found that residents of Napier Barracks were unlawfully detained there. This ruling comes after repeated warnings from senior public health officials, including Public Health England, that the site could…