The Latest Breaking News from Manston

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.

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

Home Secretary facing questions over deepening migrant crisis

There are growing concerns over conditions in migrant holding facilities.

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2022

Migrant centre in Kent ‘catastrophically overcrowded’, union says

Manston processing site ‘gummed up’ amid UK backlog of over 100,000 asylum claims, says select committee chair

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2022

Watchdog describes unsafe and wretched conditions at migrants processing centre

The Manston short-term holding facility opened in January.

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

Inside British airport frozen in time for years after being abandoned

The airport was developed on the site of the old RAF Manston, which was frequently attacked and heavily bombed during the Battle of Britain

Daily Mirror · Oct 20, 2022

Concerns raised over due process in case of 11 Albanians flown out of UK

Migrants were put on a plane to Albania soon after they arrived in Britain in small boats

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022

Firm that ran criticised UK youth jail awarded contract for asylum centre

Exclusive: MTC, which ran Rainsbrook youth jail, now providing security at Manston asylum seekers’ facility

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022

Staff concerns over safety of immigration holding facility in Kent

The POA trade union, which represents some staff at the facility in Manston, Kent, says staff have likened the situation to a ‘pressure cooker’.

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022

Migrants forced to wait on concrete floor for hours at Dover processing site, say Border Force staff

Exclusive: Immigration Services Union condemns lack of resources at reception site and warns Home Office is now to move arrivals to new facility that is ‘so far off minimum health and safety requirements’

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2022