Bibby Stockholm one year on: The legacy of the asylum barge The Bibby Stockholm barge was moored at Portland Port for 18 months before it was shut down.

The Bibby Stockholm exposed the profound harm caused by forcing people seeking asylum into unsafe, unsuitable large sites. Though the barge closed a year ago, the same cruelty continues in ex-military camps.

We need #CommunitiesNotCamps

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Thousands march in Crowborough over asylum plan for former military camp Protesters walk to Sussex market town from base where Home Office plans to house up to 500 asylum seekers

Ex-military barracks & hotels are NOT suitable sites to house people seeking asylum in the UK, who have experienced unimaginable trauma.

Protests like these only deepen fear & make already-vulnerable people feel even less safe.

We need #CommunitiesNotCamps

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The camps project is completely ideological: and taxpayers, communities and, most of all, people seeking sanctuary are paying the price.

Crowborough must close.

#CommunitiesNotCamps

Shabana Mahmood's Asylum Seeker Military 'Warehousing' Plans Delayed Amid Opposition by Labour MPs Home Office sources tell Byline Times that local Labour MPs are opposing plans by the Home Secretary to use barracks and army bases to house asylum seekers amid rising community tensions

Shipping people to military sites:

❌ Increases costs
❌ Isolates people away from legal aid and medial care
❌ Traumatises survivors of torture, war and imprisonment

#CommunitiesNotCamps

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Any money spent on taxis is a result of a Home Office decision, not the choices of people seeking safety. Moving people to remote camps will only make it harder for them to access healthcare.

Here are the real solutions ⬇️ #CommunitiesNotCamps

Fury as asylum seekers fleeing war zones housed near police firearms test site The government plans to house asylum seekers at a military training camp in East Sussex - but campaigners fear its proximity to a police firearms test centre could be re-traumatising

For £23 a night, people can live in a community home where they can start rebuilding their lives. Or for £123 a night, they can share barrack rooms with strangers & endure traumatic reminders of war.
It shouldn't be a difficult choice.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
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Fury as asylum seekers fleeing war zones housed near police firearms test site The government plans to house asylum seekers at a military training camp in East Sussex - but campaigners fear its proximity to a police firearms test centre could be re-traumatising

Everyone deserves to be housed in a community, not a camp, and the sound of gunfire and explosions are just one of the many ways that accommodation at Crowborough is utterly unsuitable for people seeking sanctuary.

#CommunitiesNotCamps

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We will continue to call for #CommunitiesNotCamps until the Government stops segregating and warehousing people seeking asylum.

Why housing asylum seekers in military camps is an expensive mistake Julia Savage, campaigns manager at Asylum Matters, writes about why housing asylum seekers in military barracks is wrong.

"A fairer asylum system, where applicants are allowed to work and can access legal aid, would ensure people can get on with rebuilding their lives much faster... there is money to be saved investing in #CommunitiesNotCamps"

A must-read in @bigissue.com 👇

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Meme showing the rapper Drake rejecting one suggestion with his hand held out towards it, and smilingly pointing at and accepting a second suggestion. A caption indicates he is meant to represent the Government. The first, rejected, suggestion reads: "£23 a night for decent home in communities" the second, accepted suggestion reads "£132 a night plus millions in set up costs for traumatising prison-like camps".

If you care about human suffering, military asylum camps are a terrible idea.

If you care about taxpayers' money, military asylum camps are a terrible idea.

So why is the Government about to open more military asylum camps?

#CommunitiesNotCamps

#CommunitiesNotCamps I've written to my MP to ask them to oppose all camp-style asylum accommodation and house people seeking asylum in safe and suitable housing within communities where they can rebuild their lives in di...

We need your help!

Write to your MP and tell them a different world is possible, where people live in communities, not in camps.

Tell them to put compassion first in the asylum system.
#CommunitiesNotCamps

Billions of £ have been wasted on ineffective asylum accommodation. Safe, community-based and cost-efficient housing is possible and should be a priority, if only on medical grounds.

#CommunitiesNotCamps

Follow the link to write to your MP urging them to speak out against these harmful plans: actionnetwork.org/le...

#CommunitiesNotCamps

We have seen the deep harms caused by Wethersfield and Napier. Instead of reenacting failed, dangerous policies, Government must to work to ensure that everyone in our communities has somewhere safe and dignified to live.

#CommunitiesNotCamps

The UK Government must close Wethersfield asylum camp - Doctors of the World For over one year, Doctors of the World, in partnership with Médecins Sans Frontières, ran a primary healthcare mobile clinic outside the main gates of the former RAF base at Wethersfield.

At our mobile clinic with @msf.org at RAF Wethersfield, 62% of patients seen in appointments faced severe mental distress, and 30% had suicidal thoughts.

#CommunitiesNotCamps are vital for health 🔗 tinyurl.com/yux3w5xj

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Why confining asylum seekers to military barracks is especially cruel Housing asylum seekers in military barracks could cause significant damage, explains Freedom from Torture's Ann Saltar.

The last Government's failed experiment in asylum camps cost the taxpayer millions, all while traumatising and isolating torture survivors.

Now, Keir Starmer wants to return to this cruel and wasteful plan.

We can't go back.

#CommunitiesNotCamps

So what happens when the inevitable happens? When conditions in these barracks are so dire, so inhumane, that not even this Government can continue with them?

Will it be back to hotels?

There is a better option: people should be housed in #CommunitiesNotCamps.

The two year anniversary of Wethersfield Asylum Camp. The Labour Party pledged to close it, but current occupancy is higher than it ever, with no signs of the promised closure.

#WethersfieldMustClose #CommunitiesNotCamps

Asylum sites to be expanded as ministers bid to end hotel use Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged to stop using taxpayer-funded hotels to house asylum seekers by 2029.

Keir Starmer promised to close #Wethersfield - now expansion is on the table⁉️

Our mobile clinic with @doctorswithoutborders.org found 62% of patients there showed signs of severe mental distress.

Trauma hotels and camps must close. People seeking safety need #CommunitiesNotCamps to heal.

Asylum sites to be expanded as ministers bid to end hotel use Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged to stop using taxpayer-funded hotels to house asylum seekers by 2029.

Over the past 2 years, we've warned repeatedly that moving men seeking asylum in the UK to Wethersfield causes them profound & long-lasting harm.

Instead of closing the site urgently, the govt plans to extend its use — it's disgraceful.

We need #CommunitiesNotCamps

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Healthcare charities call for the closure of controversial asylum seeker facility A report by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Doctors of the World UK (DOTW) has called for the closure of Wethersfield, a site that houses male asylum seekers, because of its unsuitability and the “...

Excited to see our report featured in @bmj.com!

Our joint report with @msf.org calls for the closure of RAF Wethersfield, where the High Court found survivors of trafficking, torture, and violence were unlawfully housed.

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#CloseWethersfield #CommunitiesNotCamps

This latest report shows that men who have suffered persecution and abuse continue to be subjected to poor conditions and structural violence at RAF Wethersfield.

Over 60% of men examined had severe mental distress and 30% reported suicidal ideation. 👇

#CommunitiesNotCamps

The UK Government must close Wethersfield asylum camp - Doctors of the World For over one year, Doctors of the World, in partnership with Médecins Sans Frontières, ran a primary healthcare mobile clinic outside the main gates of the former RAF base at Wethersfield.

NEW REPORT 📣 Our teams have been visiting RAF Wethersfield residents. Our report reveals what happens when people seeking safety are put into mass asylum camps by the UK government: immense harm.

Please share #CommunitiesNotCamps #CloseTheCamps
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How do you recover in this environment? How do you learn about the U.K., learn language, and start to think about rebuilding your life?

Start treating people like the humans they are would be Step 1 in any decent system. #CommunitiesNotCamps #WethersfieldMustClose

❌ Close the camps

The High Court has ruled that the government unlawfully housed survivors of trafficking, torture, and violence at RAF Wethersfield.

@care4calais.org
#CommunitiesNotCamps #CloseTheCamps #CloseWethersfield

Huh. It’s almost like someone needs to have a campaign called #CommunitiesNotCamps 😉

The damage to people’s ability to learn about the U.K., prepare for a life here.

There are no legitimate reasons for warehousing people. Close Wethersfield, invest the money in our communities & let people be part of them. #CommunitiesNotCamps

Home Office axes asylum hotel contract and hands it to Bibby Stockholm firm Stay Belvedere Hotels, which manages 51 hotels and Napier barracks, is removed amid performance concerns

So we're going from paying millions to the private firm that oversaw appalling conditions in Napier Barracks to paying millions to the private firm that oversaw appalling conditions on Bibby Stockholm?

It's time to stop letting these companies profit from people's suffering.
#CommunitiesNotCamps

Mass asylum seeker accommodation at Napier barracks to close After years of controversy over poor conditions, Kent site will be handed back to Ministry of Defence in September

🚨Napier Barracks to close. Now just Wethersfield - close all the asylum camps! #CommunitiesNotCamps

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Defending the indefensible. With public money.

🚨 Alarming levels of legionella bacteria
🚨 74% of residents facing severe psychological distress
🚨 Hunger strikes and street protests

Yet the Home Office drags its heels to the tune of £650k. Here's a better idea - shut it down. #CommunitiesNotCamps