Asylum seekers showing symptoms of diphtheria will no longer be allowed leave processing centres, the immigration minister has announced.
Robert Jenrick said those with symptoms will either remain at the Manston migrant centre in Kent or travel to a "designated isolation centre".
He said it was "absolutely right that we are now vigilant" after the UK Health Security Agency confirmed an "increase" in cases of the highly contagious disease reported in asylum seekers arriving in the UK.
