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Migrants return to UK processing centre after being left in London

People hold a vigil calling for the immigration processing centre to be closed in Manston, Britain, November 2, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Three Afghan asylum seekers who were taken to London from an overcrowded migrant processing centre in southeast England voluntarily returned to the site on Wednesday after being left with nowhere to stay, according to a Reuters photographer.

The British government is under pressure over conditions at the site at Manston in Kent, which is operating at more than double its capacity, with people staying much longer than the intended 24-hour period and sleeping on mats on the floor.

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