Hundreds of migrants have been moved out of an immigration centre in Kent following concerns it had become dangerously overcrowded. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick said the number of migrants at the Manston migrant processing centre had “fallen substantially” on Tuesday, with more expected to be moved on Wednesday.
It came after the situation was branded a “breach of humane conditions” on Monday, with 4,000 people being held at the site. The exact number to have been relocated has not been confirmed, but Sir Roger Gale, the Conservative MP for the North Thanet constituency which includes Manston, said “several hundred” had already been moved, reports Kent LIve.
The union representing Border Force staff working at the site said earlier on Tuesday that the Home Office hoped to take 400 people out of the site. Two coaches with heavily tinted windows were seen leaving the centre at around 4.15pm on Tuesday. It appeared the buses were full of people.
