The Latest Breaking News from Manston

Former Manston asylum seeker sleeping rough pleads for place to stay

Mamlye, 27, is one of about 40 people driven out of asylum centre last week and left to fend for themselves

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2022

'I was warned we may break law over migrants' treatment', top Tory admits

BUSINESS Secretary Grant Shapps has said he was advised Britain was “in danger” of breaking the law over its processing of migrants when he…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 8, 2022

Grant Shapps refuses to confirm whether Suella Braverman followed the law on migrants

A Cabinet minister has stopped short of saying Home Secretary Suella Braverman followed the law in the treatment of asylum seekers at the Manston processing centre in Kent.

Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2022

‘Bit of a cheek’ for illegal migrants to start complaining, claims minister

Policing Minister says migrants entering UK illegally “don’t even have to come here”

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2022

What is the Manston asylum centre?

Kent facility opened in January intended for short-term detention and processing of applicants but is already struggling with overcrowding after high number of Channel crossings

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2022

‘Bit of a cheek’ for migrants to complain about conditions at overcrowded Manston, says minister OLD

Centre in Kent being expanded to take more than 1,600 people arriving across the Channel

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2022

Friday briefing: The grim reality of what happens to migrants after they leave detention

In today’s newsletter: As the home secretary visits the Manston asylum processing centre, this is what vulnerable asylum seekers face on entering in the UK

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2022

‘We were left by the road’: asylum seekers stranded in London describe experience

Two Afghans tell of how they were taken from Manston centre and left without accommodation or money

The Guardian - UK · 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

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