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Manston asylum centre could be overwhelmed again within weeks, staff warn

Exclusive: Staff at processing centre say lack of ‘upstream accommodation’ could see return to conditions that led to disease and violence

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2023

‘Rewriting rules’ on standards at migrant holding centre ‘like Soviet Union’

Regulations introduced in December created a new category of holding centre at Manston, Kent, that allows migrants to be held for up to four days.

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023

Lone children as young as 14 detained at Manston asylum seeker centre

FoI request reveals data for six-month period in 2022, with some children held unlawfully for over 24 hours

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2023

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Manston health concerns raised with Home Office weeks before outbreak

Local officials warned of need to improve infection control measures shortly before diphtheria cases detected

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2023

Abandoned UK airport plans relaunch with budget flights to Spain and Cyprus

Negotiations are said to be underway to introduce passenger flights from the currently abandoned Manston Airports' schedule, with the first to begin flying from 2028

Daily Mirror · Feb 1, 2023

Manston asylum seeker's 'worst days of life' were at UK processing centre

'I wished I would have had some rights when arriving here in the UK, but I didn’t have these basic human rights'

Wales Online · Jan 19, 2023

Diphtheria cases confirmed among asylum seekers at UK hotel - with some needing treatment

The Home Office confirmed a "small number" of diphtheria cases among asylum seekers at an unnamed hotel in the Humber region, with some people needing medical treatment

Daily Mirror · Dec 22, 2022

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Asylum seekers 'illegally detained' at Manston centre, reports say

HUNDREDS of asylum seekers were reportedly illegally detained at immigration removal centres.

The National (Scotland) · Dec 21, 2022

Asylum seekers ‘illegally detained at immigration detention centres’ – reports

Overcrowding at the Manston migrant processing centre in Kent saw between 450 and 500 people moved to and held in detention centres in November.

The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2022

Recorded cases of diphtheria increase among asylum seekers

The total number of cases for the year so far now stands at 67, figures show

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2022

More diphtheria cases recorded among asylum seekers, new figures show

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has faced criticism about overcrowding and outbreaks of disease at the Manston immigration centre

Wales Online · Dec 20, 2022

Tories quietly quadruple length of time asylum seekers can be held at Manston

Home Secretary Suella Braverman is tweaking the law so that desperate people who arrive in the UK in small boats can be detained for 'a period of not more than 96 hours' in holding facilities

Daily Mirror · Dec 15, 2022

Family of migrant who died at Manston detention centre found out through social media

Hussein Haseeb Ahmed, 31, died at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate, Kent, having crossed the Channel on a small boat seven days previously

Daily Mirror · Dec 12, 2022

More cases of diphtheria recorded among asylum seekers

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) published the latest figures on Tuesday.

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022

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The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2022

Man who died after being held at Manston asylum centre named

Hussein Haseeb Ahmed, a 31-year-old from Iraq who tested positive for diptheria, died in hospital on 19 November

Wales Online · Dec 2, 2022

Diphtheria case increase reported at Manston asylum centre

A man held at Manston died in hospital on November 19 after crossing the Channel seven days earlier

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2022

Home Office centres turn away asylum seekers summoned for interviews

Dozens of former Manston detainees responded to surprise early interview letters only to be turned away at reception

Evening Standard · Dec 1, 2022

The promised land: what’s it really like to arrive in London looking for safety?

The Government is in crisis over its handling of refugees and asylum-seekers, with a huge backlog of claims and legal action over conditions at a refugee centre in Kent. But what’s it really like to arrive in London looking for safety? Kate Wills reports

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Daily Mirror · Dec 1, 2022

Ministers 'consider plans for migrants to be held for up to 96 hours'

Ministers are reportedly considering changes to the law that would allow cross-Channel migrants to be held at processing centres for 96 hours before they are moved on

Wales Online · Dec 1, 2022

Law change may mean Manston migrants can be held for up to 96 hours

Ministers are reportedly considering whether to amend the 'short term holding facility rules' which stand at 24 hours

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2022

Ministers ‘considering plans to allow migrants to be held for up to 96 hours’

Figures have revealed more than 43,000 migrants have crossed the Channel to the UK so far this year.

Evening Standard · Nov 30, 2022

Scandal-hit Manston centre visited by European torture monitor group

A ‘rapid reaction visit’ was carried out the site in Kent between November 25 to 28

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2022

Conditions at Manston asylum centre prompt torture monitor visit

Council of Europe’s ‘rapid reaction visit’ followed reports of diphtheria outbreak and squalid conditions

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022

Home Office ignored warnings on diphtheria weeks before Manston outbreak

Exclusive: Call for public inquiry after authority warned of ‘severe outcomes’ in processing centres and called for vaccinations

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2022

Failings at Manston asylum centre mean a public inquiry is needed

Letters: Britain’s reputation has been tarnished by the appalling treatment of asylum seekers at at the centre in Kent, say Enver Solomon and other charity representatives

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