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Daily Mirror
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Politics
Lizzy Buchan & Ben Glaze

UK was 'in danger' of breaking law at Manston migrants centre, says ex-Home Secretary

Britain was "in danger" of breaking the law over its processing of asylum seekers, a former Home Secretary has said.

Grant Shapps revealed he had received "very clear" advice that the Government was on the brink of law-breaking at the Manston facility during his six-day stint at the Home Office last month.

Reports of outbreaks of disease and severe overcrowding at the processing centre in Kent triggered an outcry, piling pressure on crisis-hit Home Secretary Suella Braverman.

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