US EditionFormer PMs and home secretaries may face asylum centre inquiry
- Former Prime Ministers and Home Secretaries may be called to testify in an inquiry regarding conditions at the Manston detention centre after overcrowding incidents were revealed by a Home Office document.
- The Manston facility was overwhelmed with approximately 4,000 people by October 31, 2022, despite a designed capacity of 1,600, leading to inhumane conditions and a death in custody.
- An independent inquiry chaired by Sophie Cartwright KC will investigate allegations of human rights breaches, overcrowding, and other misconduct related to the facility.
- At least 250 migrants are planning to sue the UK government for their treatment at Manston, including serious health issues and unlawful detentions.
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UK government faces enquiry into dangerous overcrowding and mass infection at asylum reception facility
The UK Home Office faces an investigation into the allegedly dangerous conditions of the Manston holding center for asylum seekers in 2022, local media reported on Monday following the release of a Home Office internal document. At least 250 of those asylum seekers affected are planning to sue the UK government. Those suing include a Syrian woman who suffered a miscarriage. After being separated from her husband because he complained of the cond…
Ex-detainees at UK asylum center bring claim against govt
LONDON: At least 250 asylum-seekers detained at a UK facility are suing the government for unlawful detention after it emerged that the site was dangerously overcrowded and faced infectious disease outbreaks. Manston asylum center in Kent, used by the Home Office to process people who had crossed the English Channel on small boats, was once described by a union official as a
The Manston mess: is government 'othering' of asylum seekers going too far? - Vox Political
How do we clean up the Manston mess: is government 'othering' of asylum seekers going too far? Here's what we know, according to the BBC: Two former prime ministers and three former home secretaries may have to give evidence to an inquiry into serious allegations of chaos and unlawful activity at a centre used to [...] The post The Manston mess: is government ‘othering’ of asylum seekers going too far? appeared first on Vox Political.
Former Manston detainees sue government over human rights breaches
AT LEAST 250 people who were held at the Manston asylum centre in Kent are suing the UK government for unlawful detention and breaches of their human rights.The claims relate to a period between June and November 2022 when the site was overcrowded and had outbreaks of diseases, according to The Guardian.The claimants include a woman who had a miscarriage, a child wrongly recorded as five years older than his age, and a teenager who was a victim …
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