Inquiry into conditions at Manston asylum centre has stalled, critics say

Lawyers acting for some of those unlawfully detained in appalling conditions at site in 2022 call for end to delaysAn inquiry into what went wrong at an asylum seeker processing centre three years ago is at a standstill, critics have said.A commitment to hold an inquiry into conditions at Manston in Kent in the second half of 2022 was first made by the former home secretary James Cleverly in March 2024 after 18,000 people were unlawfully detained in horrific conditions there. Continue reading...