Migrant centre in Kent ‘catastrophically overcrowded’, unions say

Manston processing site ‘gummed up’ as more than 100,000 asylum claims waiting to be decided, says select committee chair

A migrant processing centre in Kent is “catastrophically overcrowded”, with those waiting for their applications for asylum to be processed kept in inhumane conditions and guards not trained properly, a union leader says.

Criticism of the government’s handling of the facility is mounting, with the chair of a parliamentary select committee saying a “crisis” was brewing given the backlog of more than 100,000 cases.

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