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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Martin Bentham

New disease warning over migrants held at Manston

The crisis-blighted Manston migrant processing centre in Kent is at risk of a new wave of disease and disorder with vulnerable children and families being held there for too long, a government watchdog has warned Home Secretary Suella Braverman.

The Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor, said the processing centre — engulfed in controversy last autumn because of the excessive numbers of migrants being held there in unsuitable conditions after arriving on small boats across the Channel — is still currently failing to ensure the most vulnerable children are being identified and helped.

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