Founded in 2021, Life Seekers Aid is a successor to Camp Residents of Penally—CROP—an organisation established in 2020 by asylum seekers inside Penally Camp in Wales.
CROP worked for the welfare and rights of asylum seekers housed in this military camp during the pandemic, cooperating with local and national charities, legal and medical organisations, and official bodies.
Since the closure of Penally Camp in spring 2021, Life Seekers Aid has continued aid and rights work in Wales and England, in Cardiff, Folkestone, and London.
Life Seekers Aid is registered as a charity in England and Wales. Charity number: 1195995.
Press
- Close the Camps: Day of Action at Napier Barracks
Freedom News, 8 May 2021
- Hotel Limbo
Syria Notes, 17 August 2021
- One World: An exhibition of art work from Penally Camp
Zaina Aljumma, The Voices Network, 19 November 2021
- Penally Camp medico-legal evidence
Evidence to the Commons Home Affairs Committee, Forrest Medico-Legal Services CIC, 16 February 2021
- An inspection of contingency asylum accommodation: HMIP report on Penally Camp and Napier Barracks
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, 22 July 2021
- Inquiry into quasi-detention—full report
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Immigration Detention, 9 December 2021