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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

Man who died after being held at Manston asylum centre named

Entrance to Manston immigration short-term holding facility
The UK Health Security Agency has confirmed there have been 50 diphtheria cases this year, 49 of them relating to asylum seekers in Manston. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

A man who died after being held at Manston reception centre in Kent, where initial checks are carried out on small boat arrivals, has been named as Hussein Haseeb Ahmed, a 31-year-old from Iraq.

Ahmed arrived in the UK on a small boat on 12 November and was being processed at Manston when he became ill and died in hospital on 19 November.

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