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The Latest Breaking News from Manston

Boy, 10, who crossed Channel by himself denied phone call to mother by officials

A review by inspectors find a litany of issues including migrants still being held for too long at processing centres

The Independent UK

Home Office backtracks on statutory inquiry into ‘deplorable conditions’ at immigration centre

Exclusive: Lawyers say Manston immigration centre became extremely overcrowded in November 2022, leading to the site being temporarily closed down

The Independent UK

Woman suffered miscarriage ‘after stress’ of conditions at Manston migrant detention centre

Exclusive: Judge grants permission for High Court hearing into need for public inquiry over overcrowding crisis at Manston

The Independent UK

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Manston immigration staff being bussed to Heathrow to cover guard shortage

Major staff shortage at Europe’s largest immigration detention centre comes as Home Office aims to expand detention tenfold

The Guardian - UK

Refugee children sent postcards after Disney murals painted over at Manston immigration centre

Asylum seeker children are to be sent thousands of welcoming postcards as activists fight to restore Disney cartoons painted over by the Home Office at a migrant processing centre.

Evening Standard

More than 100 Manston asylum camp guards unable to start work

Recruits on full salary while waiting months for permission to work at Kent site due to lengthy security checks

The Guardian - UK

Security firm extends contract for criticised Manston detention centre

MTC signs further deal with Home Office despite warnings asylum seekers may have faced ‘inhuman and degrading treatment’

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Home Office appeals for extra staff to help with sharp rise in small boat arrivals

Predicted increase in crossings over next few days prompts plea for contractor staff at Manston asylum centre in Kent

The Guardian - UK

Removal of murals for kids at Manston asylum centre cost £1,550

The Home Office spent more than £1,500 to remove murals of cartoon characters from an asylum centre that takes in children.

Evening Standard

Painting over murals for children at asylum centre cost Home Office £1,550

FoI request reveals cost of work at Manston centre in Kent, where cartoon murals meant to welcome children were painted over

The Guardian - UK

Home Office had murals for children removed at second asylum centre

Murals at Manston and Kent Intake Unit understood to have been painted over last week by MoJ estates team

The Guardian - UK

Asylum seekers at Manston may have been treated inhumanely, report finds

Council of Europe team raised a wide range of concerns based on visit to Kent detention centre last year

The Guardian - UK

Danger of return to overcrowding at migrant centre, inspector warns

Accommodation levels were a key warning flagged in the report.

The Independent UK

Manston migrant processing facility faces overcrowding, disorder and disease, inspector warns

Inspection finds asylum seekers have attempted suicide

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Evening Standard

New disease warning over migrants held at Manston

Severe overcrowding that erupted at the centre last autumn is in danger of being repeated this summer, ministers have been warned

The Guardian - UK

Manston asylum centre could be overwhelmed again within weeks, staff warn

Exclusive: Staff at processing centre say lack of ‘upstream accommodation’ could see return to conditions that led to disease and violence

The Independent UK

‘Rewriting rules’ on standards at migrant holding centre ‘like Soviet Union’

Regulations introduced in December created a new category of holding centre at Manston, Kent, that allows migrants to be held for up to four days.

The Guardian - UK

Lone children as young as 14 detained at Manston asylum seeker centre

FoI request reveals data for six-month period in 2022, with some children held unlawfully for over 24 hours

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The Guardian - UK

Manston health concerns raised with Home Office weeks before outbreak

Local officials warned of need to improve infection control measures shortly before diphtheria cases detected

Daily Mirror

Abandoned UK airport plans relaunch with budget flights to Spain and Cyprus

Negotiations are said to be underway to introduce passenger flights from the currently abandoned Manston Airports' schedule, with the first to begin flying from 2028

Wales Online

Manston asylum seeker's 'worst days of life' were at UK processing centre

'I wished I would have had some rights when arriving here in the UK, but I didn’t have these basic human rights'

Daily Mirror

Diphtheria cases confirmed among asylum seekers at UK hotel - with some needing treatment

The Home Office confirmed a "small number" of diphtheria cases among asylum seekers at an unnamed hotel in the Humber region, with some people needing medical treatment

The National (Scotland)

Asylum seekers 'illegally detained' at Manston centre, reports say

HUNDREDS of asylum seekers were reportedly illegally detained at immigration removal centres.

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers ‘illegally detained at immigration detention centres’ – reports

Overcrowding at the Manston migrant processing centre in Kent saw between 450 and 500 people moved to and held in detention centres in November.

Evening Standard

Recorded cases of diphtheria increase among asylum seekers

The total number of cases for the year so far now stands at 67, figures show

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