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‘Damning’ report slams ‘poor’ Home Office response to Channel crossings

The Home Office response to the surge in Channel crossings is “poor” and the “system is overwhelmed”, according to a watchdog. Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration David Neal found that problems arose mainly due to a “refusal” by the ...

22 Jul 2022 at 00:37

Preparations continue at military base to be used for asylum seeker processing

Preparations are continuing at a controversial military base in Kent that will be used to process asylum seekers. Part of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) site in Manston will be used to house people for up to five days, as large numbers of ...

20 Jan 2022 at 17:56

Staff concerns over safety of immigration holding facility in Kent

Channel migrants are being held for up to a week in a new processing centre which is “struggling” to cope with the influx of people, a union which represents Border Force officers warned. The POA union said the facilities at the site in ...

06 Oct 2022 at 19:45

Half of public think Home Secretary is doing a bad job, poll suggests

Half of the public think Suella Braverman is doing a bad job as Home Secretary, a new poll suggests. The survey by Ipsos found that 11% of people thought Ms Braverman was doing a good job while 50% disapproved of her performance. Even ...

21 Nov 2022 at 13:43

Diphtheria risk for public ‘very low’ despite rise in asylum seeker cases

Health Secretary Steve Barclay has insisted the risk of the public getting diphtheria is “very low” despite a rise in the number of infections being recorded among asylum seekers. Mr Barclay said hundreds of migrants were vaccinated ...

28 Nov 2022 at 18:01

Manston migrant processing centre now empty

The Manston migrant processing centre is now completely empty after concerns it had become dangerously overcrowded. The holding site in Kent for people who have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel has been cleared, with ...

22 Nov 2022 at 17:59

Minister declines to give details of migrant who died after Manston stay

The immigration minister has refused to be drawn on the circumstances of a man who died in hospital following a stay at the Manston migrant processing centre, saying it is important to treat his case with “respect”. Robert ...

21 Nov 2022 at 11:24

Braverman: Government to spend £3.5billion on asylum system in 2022/23

The Government will spend £3.5billion on the asylum system in a year, the Home Secretary said as she confirmed plans to house migrants on disused cruise ships were being considered. Suella Braverman said £2.3billion of ...

21 Dec 2022 at 17:07

Braverman hints at plan to house asylum seekers on disused cruise ships

Disused cruise ships could be used to house asylum seekers under plans being considered by the Home Office. Home Secretary Suella Braverman confirmed her department is looking at the idea and suggested officials were ...

21 Dec 2022 at 11:46

Government yet to find airline to send migrants to Rwanda, Braverman suggests

The Home Secretary has suggested she has yet to find a new airline to deport migrants to Rwanda. Suella Braverman said there were “ongoing discussions with several airlines” after Privilege Style pulled out in ...

21 Dec 2022 at 14:57

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

Hundreds of asylum seekers were reportedly illegally detained at immigration removal centres. Overcrowding at the Manston migrant processing centre in Kent saw between 450 and 500 people moved to and held in ...

21 Dec 2022 at 15:42

Hundreds of migrants ‘detained illegally at immigration removal centres’

More than 400 asylum seekers were illegally detained at immigration removal centres, it has been reported. The detention of between 450 and 500 migrants held as “overflow” from the Manston processing centre ...

21 Dec 2022 at 04:09

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