Today I'm using Freedom from Torture's platform to speak to you directly about the crisis of the UK government’s prison camps for refugees.
Please share my message.
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I come from a country that has continuous wars. So when I first arrived at the barracks and saw the fences, the metal gates and the security guards, I was shocked and afraid.
I never thought the hardest part of my journey would be when I arrived in the UK.
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While I was there, a man in my room caught Covid-19 symptoms.
He was coughing in the confined space where we were sleeping. He'd also lost his sense of taste and smell.
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BREAKING: there has been a Covid outbreak in the Napier barracks where hundreds of asylum seekers are living in cramped and unsanitary conditions. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
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Last year, alongside other healthcare professionals, we wrote to the Home Secretary demanding that she closed the barracks with immediate effect, because they are not safe. theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/n…
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The barracks are effectively open prisons as the Covid outbreak means people can't leave.⠀
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It's been reported that there are up to 30 people sharing dorms, with beds only separated by sheets. An outbreak of Covid could be fatal and many are fearful for their lives.⠀
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