According to Home Office sources, the Manston immigration centre is now empty. The facility in Kent has been hit by controversy in recent weeks, including the death in hospital of a man who was staying there.
Thousands of migrants had been placed in tents at the former military airfield on the Isle of Thanet, over the last few months, leading to overcrowding and outbreaks of disease.Everyone staying at the temporary site has now been placed in new accommodation, according to officials.
Haunting photos last month showed people reaching out through packed barricades, sleeping on floor mats and hungry and cold children sharing blankets. Among the biggest concern, despairing migrants were facing severe overcrowding as the Home Office didn’t book enough hotel rooms causing a backlog.It comes on top of revelations that the centre was holding up to 4,000 people, more than double its 1,600 person capacity.
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