PRITI Patel has broken the law AGAIN over her treatment of asylum seekers.
The High Court ruled housing refugees in shoddy barracks in Kent until 2026 was in breach of the Equality Act. It comes as her Rwanda scheme faces ongoing legal issues.
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ANOTHER of Priti Patel's controversial asylum schemes has been ruled illegal as she waits for a court verdict on her Rwanda plan.
The Home Secretary granted herself a five-year extension to house migrants in dilapidated Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent where hundreds of migrants sleep 14 to a dorm.
But a judge ruled on Friday that the plan breached the Equality Act, designed to protect people from discrimination.
It was the second time Ms Patel's plans for Napier were branded unlawful. In June last year transfers there were temporarily halted after the High Court ruled the selection process was unlawful.
Another defeat came in March this year, when she lost a High Court challenge brought by three asylum seekers after she admitted their phones were unlawfully seized under a blanket policy targeting migrants crossing the Channel.
Napier Barracks were initially loaned from the MoD in September 2020 to help with a backlog caused by Covid.
This story is from the June 26, 2022 edition of The Sunday Mirror.
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