The Latest Breaking News from Kent

Suella Braverman created 'first refugee camp on British soil' warns senior Tory

The Home Secretary is accused of breaking the law by detaining new arrivals at a former military base in Kent for weeks on end and holding up the booking of hotel rooms

Daily Mirror · Nov 1, 2022

Dover firebombing suspect ‘posted vile racist rants on Facebook before attack on Kent migrant centre’

Police believe Andrew Leak, 66 and from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, carried out the attack before taking his own life

Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2022

The UK's asylum system is in crisis, but the government – not refugees – is to blame

Kent Police are investigating an attack on a Home Office migrant processing centre in Dover, after incendiary devices were reportedly thrown at the building on Sunday October 30 2022. Reports have said that witnesses at the scene described these devices as petrol bombs, with one found in the car of…

The Conversation · Nov 1, 2022

'Unsafe', overcrowded and 'a breach of humane conditions' - the growing problems at Manston migrant centre

Some families at the Kent holding facility have been held for weeks on end, despite it being set up to accommodate arrivals for a maximum of just 48 hours

Manchester Evening News · Oct 31, 2022

The Guardian view on Tory immigration failures: from bad to worse

Editorial: The degraded conditions at Manston in Kent and Suella Braverman’s rule-breaking should shame the government

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022

Braverman says she ‘never ignored legal advice’ about housing asylum seekers

Home secretary says she ‘worked hard to find accommodation to relieve pressure’ at Manston centre in Kent

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022

Firebomb attack on Dover migrant centre not being treated as terrorist incident

Devices were thrown at the Border Force migrant centre in the Kent port town at around 11.20am on Sunday

Manchester Evening News · Oct 31, 2022

Dover immigration centre firebombing suspect lived 120 miles away

Kent Police confirmed the suspect was a 66-year-old man from the High Wycombe area.

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2022

Residents near migrant facility urge councils across UK to ‘take their share’

There are growing concerns over conditions at the migrant processing centre in Manston, Kent, which opened in January this year.

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2022

Priti Patel blames Suella Braverman for failure to prevent Kent asylum centre crisis OLD

Ex-home secretary makes known she booked hotel rooms to prevent overcrowding – posing question of why practice stopped under successor

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2022