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He accused the Home Office of failing to learn from its own experiences, such as at a military camp at Penally which was briefly used to house asylum seekers despite local opposition.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2023

The Welsh Refugee Council said current asylum seekers would feel "rightly" worried about parallels between the new plans and the closed Penally site.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2023

When inspectors visited Penally and another site in Kent in 2021, they found cramped, filthy conditions.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2023

Hassan said the remote location and lack of any distractions onsite at Penally made life harder for those housed there.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2023

They went over the brow in single file and to the headland beyond Penally, with the sleepless man gesticulating ever and again, and speaking fragmentary things concerning his whirling brain.

From When the Sleeper Wakes by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)