** Access the full inquiry report here **
** Access the executive summary and recommmendations here **
** Read the APPG's submission to the Home Office's consultation on continued use of Napier Barracks here**
** Read report from visit to Napier Barracks (Feb 2022) here **
The APPG on Immigration Detention conducted an inquiry into the UK government’s use since April 2020 of large-scale, institutional sites, such as Napier Barracks in Kent and Penally Camp in Wales, to house destitute people seeking asylum.
Replicating many of the features found in detained settings – including visible security measures, shared living quarters, reduced levels of privacy, and isolation from the wider community – such sites are most accurately described as ‘quasi-detention’ and therefore fall within the remit of the group.
The inquiry sought to understand concerns about the fundamental suitability of these types of sites for accommodating people seeking asylum, bearing in mind the potential histories of torture, trafficking and/or other forms of serious trauma, and ongoing health and legal needs of such individuals.
The inquiry opened in May 2021 and its final report was published in December 2021. It was led by a cross-party panel of ten MPs and peers. More information can be accessed via the links below.