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.
Manston processing site ‘gummed up’ as more than 100,000 asylum claims waiting to be decided, says select committee chairA 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. Continue reading…
