‘Unsafe’ UK accommodation threatens asylum seekers’ health – report

Exclusive: poor healthcare and conditions at sites such as Napier worsen mental and physical illness, Doctors of the World says

Asylum seekers' accommodation is unsafe" due to inadequate healthcare, while poor living conditions are exacerbating or creating mental and physical health problems, according to a new report by Doctors of the World.

The charity's research, published on Wednesday, details the barriers to medical care and medication for asylum seekers in initial accommodation across the UK.