The Latest Breaking News from Manston

Overcrowding and racism at Manston asylum centre linked to government decisions, inquiry hears

Kent facility became dangerously overburdened after ministers halted transfers to hotels

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25

Manston asylum centre was ‘overcrowded, squalid and insanitary’, inquiry hears

Extent to which conditions deteriorated at Kent detention centre in 2022 is being investigated in public hearing

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15

UK’s plans to seize asylum seekers’ phones condemned by campaigners

People who are sent to Manston processing centre will be eligible for searches for electronic devices from Monday

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4

Racial abuse, physical assaults and no beds: asylum seekers tell of brutal conditions at Manston migrant centre

Asylum seekers who fled to UK to escape persecution said they endured abuse and squalor at centre in Kent

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2024

Revealed: Home Office ‘completely lost grip’ at notorious Manston asylum centre

Court documents contain admissions by officials that they were unable to control the situation at the Kent facility where 18,000 asylum seekers were illegally detained

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2024

Home Office urged to settle asylum claims over unlawful detention

Ministers may face hefty bill in more than 100 cases related to Manston processing centre

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2024

Children’s watchdog to look into young asylum seekers’ treatment at Manston

Rachel de Souza to visit processing facility in Kent as source claims Home Office guidelines are not being followed there

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2024

Home Office will spend £700m on small boats plan, contracts reveal

Labour says spending plan shows government ‘doesn’t believe Sunak’s Rwanda plan is going to work’

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2023

Home Office spent £1,500 ‘redecorating’ migrant detention centre where children’s cartoons painted over

Cost revealed for works at previously ‘bright and cheerful’ Manston processing centre

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2023

Home Office paying for thousands of empty beds reserved for asylum seekers

Government keeps ‘buffer’ of 5,000 beds to avoid repeat of overcrowding seen at Manston last year

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2023