Manston asylum centre was ‘overcrowded, squalid and insanitary’, inquiry hears

Extent to which conditions deteriorated at Kent detention centre in 2022 is being investigated in public hearingA detention centre in Kent that processed the claims of asylum seekers who had arrived in the UK on small boats was “overcrowded, squalid and insanitary”, a public inquiry has heard.The hearing is investigating the decisions, actions and circumstances which led to the conditions experienced by those detained at Manston between 1 June 2022 and 22 November 2022. Continue reading...