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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

Home Office contractors removed for trying to sell drugs at Manston asylum centre

Migrants wait in a holding facility at the Manston site.
Migrants wait in a holding facility at the Manston site. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Home Office contractors have been disciplined after trying to sell illegal drugs to asylum seekers at the crisis-hit processing centre at Manston in Kent.

It is understood the issue came to light after asylum seekers at the site in Ramsgate complained that security staff had tried to sell them cannabis. Security guards also raised concerns that their colleagues were smoking the drug while on duty.

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