{"id":21013,"date":"2021-02-02T16:55:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T16:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=523200"},"modified":"2021-02-02T16:55:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T16:55:17","slug":"please-get-us-out-of-these-barracks-say-residents-of-the-home-offices-refugee-camp-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/02\/please-get-us-out-of-these-barracks-say-residents-of-the-home-offices-refugee-camp-in-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Please get us out of these barracks\u2019 say residents of the Home Office\u2019s refugee camp in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"
Refugees are still being housed at a disused army barracks near Tenby, despite repeated complaints that the accommodation is not suitable.<\/p>\n
The Home Office has stated its intention<\/a> to move people out of the Penally<\/a> barracks. But residents say it’s not happening fast enough. Residents told The Canary <\/em>that only 11 people have been moved out of the barracks, and 5 more will leave later this week\u00a0since the Home Office announcement in January, and that around 100 people remain there in appalling conditions.<\/p>\n Saif (not his real name), who has been kept at Penally since September 2020, said:<\/p>\n The way they are moving people is too slow, last week they moved around 5 people. Its not enough, its really a small number.<\/p>\n I have been here since the end of September, and that\u2019s too long.<\/p>\n The situation is getting worse. To live here during the winter is not easy because it’s an old military camp. The conditions are not correct to keep people here in winter. Its really really bad.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Over the<\/a> past<\/a> months<\/a>, The Canary <\/em>has reported that the barracks have insufficient toilet facilities for the number of people housed there and that refugees are cramped into shared rooms, and have to go outside in the cold to go to the toilet. Only communal showers are available, and there is no nurse, doctor or counsellor available on site. Residents have complained several times about insufficient and poorly cooked food.<\/p>\n There is also no way that the residents can effectively protect themselves from Appalling conditions<\/h5>\n