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 detention centres in November – something described at the time as “no longer legal”, according to a chain of Home Office emails obtained by the BBC under freedom of information laws.
The emails show Home Office permanent secretaries were aware of overcrowding concerns at the time, the broadcaster reported.
