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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rajeev Syal and Diane Taylor

BIZARRE: Overcrowding problems could return at manston migrant centre staff warn | Mind Blowing Facts

Manston refugee detention centre
The Manston refugee detention centre in Kent, became dangerously overcrowded last year. Photograph: Andy Hall/The Observer

An asylum centre that became dangerously overcrowded last year could again become overwhelmed within weeks, civil servants and union representatives have told the Guardian.

Staff working at the Manston processing centre have said there could be a return to conditions that led to disease and violence because of the lack of “upstream accommodation” for asylum seekers once they have been processed.

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