The Home Secretary took the opportunity tonight (Monday) to hit out at what she termed the migrant 'invasion' of the UK. Suella Braverman was called to address the issue after reports of overcrowding and uncomfortable conditions for people who were seeking asylum here.
Ms Braverman, who is new to the post after resigning from it under the former Prime Minister Liz Truss, spoke after concerns were raised over conditions at Manston migrant holding centre in Kent. She was also giving an update on the Western Jet Foil incident, which saw a Dover immigration centre firebombed at the weekend.
On Manston, Conservative MP Sir Roger Gale described the overcrowding at the facility in his North Thanet constituency as “wholly unacceptable” and suggested it may have been allowed to happen “deliberately”. Last week the scale of the problems were laid bare by an immigration watchdog who warned the facility had already passed the point of being unsafe.
