UK: Migrant guards sponsored by prison service arriving to lack of accommodation & reportedly camping in woodland
"Migrant jail staff camping outside prisons because they have nowhere to stay in UK,"
Prison guards that have recently arrived in the UK are sleeping in their cars or in tents outside their jails as they have nowhere else to stay, governors claim.
Migrant prison guards are said to arrive at work expecting to be housed near the facility, however there is no accommodation near their place of work...
At another prison, officers set up a camp in an area of woodland opposite the prison where they worked, as there was no accomodation on or near the site, according to Mr Fairhurst.
There has been an influx of migrant prison officers because for the first time the prison service is sponsoring skilled worker visas for overseas staff following a rule change.
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