Council has 'serious concerns' about hotel asylum seekers' impact on services NHS leaders are also monitoring the situation Nottingham Post · Nov 3, 2022
Campaigners threaten legal action over conditions at Manston Lawyers on behalf of Detention Action and a woman held at Manston have sent an urgent pre-action letter to the Home Office, the charity said. The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022
Teenage boy allegedly raped at hotel used by refugees in Walthamstow After the latest claims, Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy called on Suella Braverman to resign Evening Standard · Nov 3, 2022
Embattled Home Secretary visits migrant facilities in bid to grip crisis Suella Braverman was touring several sites in Kent on Thursday. The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022
Rising number of migrant children in hotels ‘mistakenly identified as adults’ The chief inspector of Ofsted Amanda Spielman said she is worried that vulnerable children could be lost from sight and at risk of exploitation. The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022
Teenager allegedly raped at hotel housing asylum seekers in east London A man in his 30s was arrested at the scene and is now in custody, police said The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022
Migrant crisis leaves us struggling to cope, admits minister Migrants ‘disorientated and disturbed after being dropped outside Victoria’ Evening Standard · Nov 3, 2022
Tories face legal action over asylum chaos as 3,500 people still stuck at Manston Robert Jenrick revealed the Government had received 'initial contact for a judicial review' and said he wanted to restore the facility back to 'acceptable humane conditions' Daily Mirror · Nov 3, 2022
Embattled Suella Braverman visits Dover and Manston amid immigration crisis Suella Braverman did not take media questions during her visit The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022
Teenage boy allegedly raped at hotel housing refugees in London Exclusive: Met investigating two alleged sexual assaults at site amid growing fears over safety of refugee facilities The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2022
Home Office threatened with legal action over ‘unlawfully detained’ migrants at Manston – as it happened Downing Street also denies making Albania a scapegoat for failed asylum policies following criticism from country’s PM The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2022
Braverman heads to Dover as pressure mounts to get a grip on migrant chaos Suella Braverman’s handling of the situation has been backed by Rishi Sunak but she remains under pressure. The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022
Dumping Manston migrants at London station ‘massive error’, Home Office official admits OLD ‘Let’s get this sorted,’ official tells charity – but councils say migrants also dumped at Kent train stations The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022
Home Office 'dumps cold and hungry asylum seekers in central London' ahead of major storm About 40 people were taken by bus from the Manston migrant centre in Kent, but 11 of them had nowhere to go after being dropped off at Victoria railway station without jackets and wearing flip-flops on Tuesday night Daily Mirror · Nov 3, 2022
The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022 Manston asylum seekers ‘abandoned’ at London station ‘with nowhere to stay’ Men ‘left in flip flops’ on November night, as councils say migrants also dumped at Kent train stations
Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2022 Home Office made ‘massive error’ leaving migrants at London’s Victoria Station, claims charity worker According to reports, 11 of the 40 migrants were left at Victoria station with ‘nowhere to go’
The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022 Home Office to face legal battle over conditions at Manston migrant centre Kent council chiefs warn they are ‘at breaking point’ trying to cope as hotels booked up
Reuters · Nov 2, 2022 Migrants return to UK processing centre after being left in London 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 Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2022 ‘We need your help’: young girl throws note over fence at Manston Letter in a bottle from overcrowded Kent processing centre compares facilities to prison and says sick people are held there
The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022 Senior MPs pile pressure on Braverman to outline plan to fix migrant crisis Four parliamentary committee chairs have called for clarity on how the Home Office will cut the number of treacherous small boat crossings.
Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2022 Rishi Sunak admits migrant crisis is ‘serious and escalating problem’ The Prime Minister admitted that “not enough” asylum claims are being processed but insisted the Government is getting a grip on the situation
The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2022 Home Office leaves asylum seekers from Manston stranded in central London Exclusive: People who had been held at Kent centre left ‘stressed and disoriented’ at Victoria station for hours, some in flip-flops
The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2022 Councils and Tory MPs resist plans to house asylum seekers in local hotels Home Office proposal faces backbench opposition and legal challenges from local authorities
The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022 Home Secretary told Kent is at ‘breaking point’ over migrant crisis Council chiefs wrote to Suella Braverman setting out their concerns.
The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022 Councils take legal action to stop government putting asylum seekers in local hotels At least four local authorities have secured temporary injunctions against Home Office plans