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12 January 2021 at 11:23 am

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Welcome To Folkestone About 400 local residents and community groups including Kent Refugee Action Network and Samphire came together outside Napier Barracks to show the people staying there that they are welcome to the town on the 17th of October 2020 in Folkestone, United Kingdom. In September 2020 Napier Barracks a former military camp was transformed into an assessment and dispersal facility for 400 asylum seekers by the Home Office. (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In Pictures via Getty Images)

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Napier Barracks used for migrants

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