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Suella Braverman plans for vulnerable child refugees to undergo X-rays

Capacity of Home Office systems ‘not sufficient’ to deal with asylum claims, warns Tory MP

The Independent UK

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

Overcrowding has made Manston centre a ‘pot that’s boiling over’, workers say

‘Why has it taken firebombs to be thrown for anyone to take notice?’, union rep said

The Independent UK

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Sunak says UK is a welcoming country after Braverman’s migrant ‘invasion’ claim

Rishi Sunak stressed that the country would always be ‘compassionate’ but said the UK had to control its borders.

The Independent UK

Counter-terrorism police leading Dover firebomb investigation as suspect named

Suspect Andrew Leak, 66, is from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, according to police

Manchester Evening News

Migrants moved out of Manston amid overcrowding concerns

Lucy Moreton of the Union for Borders, Immigration and Customs says the Home Office has ‘not replied’ to their requests for support.

The Independent UK

Sunak says UK will always be compassionate after Braverman speaks of ‘invasion’

Downing Street says Suella Braverman was seeking to ‘express the sheer scale of the challenge’ at hand.

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Child asylum seekers say UK officials pressed them to lie about their age

Boy recorded telling guard he was told he could move from Manston holding centre more quickly if he said he was over 18

The Guardian - UK

Manston detention centre: Children 'crawl through fence' and chant 'we need your help'

People at the Manston site in Kent said conditions were "not nice" and that some of them were getting sick, but no doctors or lawyers were on hand to help, reported a support group

Daily Mirror

Suella Braverman told to explain if she rejected hotels for asylum seekers ‘in Tory areas’

Fresh questions over failure to prevent ‘wretched’ overcrowding of Manston processing centre

The Independent UK

MP for Manston constituency says he does not trust Suella Braverman – as it happened

Roger Gale says home secretary is only really interested in playing to the right wing of the Conservative party

The Guardian - UK

Home Office told to ‘get a grip’ on issues at Manston immigration centre as watchdog warns over failings

Some staff referred to asylum seekers by numbers instead of by their names

The Independent UK

Home Office told to ‘get a grip’ on issues at migrant centre

Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor said the government department needs to speed up the processing of migrants.

The Independent UK

Embattled Braverman insists she is not at fault for Manston crisis

Home secretary says she never blocked hotels for refugees and was not to blame for overcrowding at refugee centre

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Wales Online

Under pressure Home Secretary hits out at migrant 'invasion' she plans to tackle

Suella Braverman was accused by Labour of trying to defend “cruelty towards the most desperate of people”

Manchester Evening News

'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

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

‘You must help them’: Lone asylum-seeking children reveal trauma of Manston centre

One 16-year-old said he was forced to sleep on leftover food boxes, while another says he was shouted at for asking for food

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Daily Mirror

Suella Braverman sparks furious backlash after branding migrant crisis an 'invasion'

The under-fire Home Secretary also hit out at what she described as a "political witch hunt" after her return to Government just six days after resigning for a breach of the ministerial code

Evening Standard

‘I would never demonise people’: Robert Jenrick rejects Suella Braverman’s ‘invasion’ comments

The Home Secretary’s rhetoric comes day after a petrol bomb attack on migrant processing centre in Dover

The Guardian - UK

Politicians are responsible for inequality in Britain. No wonder they blame refugees

The scenes at Manston are shameful, but they will be repeated as long as asylum seekers are scapegoated, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The National (Scotland)

BBC under fire for inviting Nigel Farage onto radio to 'scapegoat' migrants

THE BBC is facing questions over its decision to invite former Ukip and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage onto a major radio show amid fears of…

Daily Mirror

Dover firebombing: Police raid property after suspect identified as man, 66, found dead

The suspect, who was found dead at a nearby petrol station after the Manston migrant-holding facility in Dover had petrol bombs thrown at it, has been identified as a 66-year-old man

The National (Scotland)

Scotland's first refugee councillor slams handling of asylum seekers in Kent

THE UK Government’s immigration system “does not respect asylum seekers as human beings”, Scotland’s first refugee councillor has said after…

The Independent UK

The problems at Manston and how the Government is tackling the migrant crisis

The Manston short-term holding facility is now where security and identity checks are carried out on migrants after they arrive in the UK.

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