Outcry as UK asylum-seekers camp remains open as sister site shuts

Home Office says it will hand back Penally Camp to MoD but second military barracks in Kent will remain in operation

The Home Office is refusing to shut a controversial camp for asylum-seekers set up within a former military barracks despite closing a sister site in Wales after months of pressure over appalling living conditions.

Napier Barracks near Folkestone in Kent will remain in operation in accordance with current needs", the department said, after announcing Penally Camp in Pembrokeshire would be handed back to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Sunday.