Migrants arriving in Kent face poor and dangerous conditions, two separate reports have found.
Despite assurances from Home Office officials, conditions for migrants detained on the Kent coast after arriving in small boats remain very poor, say prison inspectors and independent monitors, who visited the facilities separately in October and November.a lack of support for women who said they had been raped by smugglersIn his report, Charlie Taylor, HM Inspector of Prisons, notes that the last inspection in September last year found the- but says the Home Office promised rapid improvements.
Inspectors also reported inadequate follow-up care for two women who said they had been raped and another who reported being sold.The Home Office, they say, assured them in September last year that improvements would be made to the conditions faced by migrants who had reached the UK after a perilous crossing of the Channel in small boats.
The Home Office argues that its planned reform of immigration, including criminalising migrants arriving by irregular routes, is the only long-term solution to creating a system that is fair on those who play by the rules, and firm on those who do not.On a visit to Tug Haven in October, independent monitors said conditions were increasingly cold, particularly on double-decker buses sometimes used for sleeping.
By the time she was seen by medical staff, seams of her clothing had become embedded in the burns and one medic feared she would be scarred for life.
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