@JackTheCat a similar tactic used by repressive regimes all over. Anyone been to #Manston recently, hint, it's where #HMG 'hold' ours.

⚖️ Mind. 250 Personen, die während einer Zeit im Asylzentrum #Manston festgehalten wurden, als es gefährlich überfüllt war und mit Ausbrüchen von Infektionskrankheiten zu kämpfen hatte, verklagen die Regierung wegen unrechtmäßiger Inhaftierung und Verletzungen weiterer ihrer Rechte.

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🇬🇧 Schockierende Berichte von Menschen, die 2022 im Asylzentrum #Manston festgehalten wurden, darunter eine Frau, die schwanger war und keinen Zugang zu medizinischer Versorgung hatte. Sie erlitt später eine Fehlgeburt. Einem Mann wurde 33 Tage lang eine Dusche oder saubere Kleidung verweigert.

#AllCampsAreBad

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/07/people-held-at-uk-migrant-centre-sue-government-for-human-rights-breach

People held at UK asylum centre sue government for human rights breach

Asylum seekers detained at Manston in Kent say they were kept in unsanitary tents during infectious disease outbreak

The Guardian
@randahl #pritipatel has serious questions to answer over the inhuman treatment of #asylumseekers at #manston in 2022 currently subject to an official inquiry- as does #suellabraverman . She was also dismissed from the #ukcabinet by #theresamay in 2018 for attempting to conduct her own private #proisrael foreign policy. So she has rather lot of 'form' in such matters!

Breaking - The final obstacle to the planned reopening of #Manston Airport - Kent as a cargo hub has been swept away by Lords Justice Lewis and Warby

RiverOak Strategic Partners (RSP) bought it for £16.5m in 2019 making the Ann Gloag (Stagecoach founder ) nominal £1 (yes one pound) initial purchase in 2013 appear a bit cheap.

Can't help feeling "we wus robbed"

The fire drill foam carpet was a wonder back in the day. Much the same as the usual taxpayer robbery coverup.

Woman suffered miscarriage ‘after stress’ of conditions at Manston migrant detention centre

Exclusive: Judge grants permission for High Court hearing into need for public inquiry over overcrowding crisis at Manston

The Independent

"Initially, small boat arrivals were sleeping on gym mats in the Manston marquees, but the Home Office decided they were a fire risk and removed them, leaving people to sleep on the cold floor with just blankets to lie on. While people were supposed to be held in Manston for just 24 hours, many were unlawfully detained there for longer, the longest known case being 43 days"

I keep saying this. The cruelty is the point.

#Manston #AsylumSeekers #HomeOffice #UKPolitics
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/23/conditions-at-manston-centre-for-asylum-seekers-unacceptable?CMP=GTUK_email

Conditions at Manston centre for asylum seekers ‘unacceptable’

Watchdog’s report also has ‘serious concerns’ about conditions at Western Jet Foil and Kent Intake Unit

The Guardian

More than 100 #Manston #asylum camp guards unable to start work

Recruits on full salary while waiting months for permission to work at Kent site due to lengthy security checks
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/20/more-than-100-manston-asylum-camp-guards-unable-to-start-work
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryIncompetence

More than 100 Manston asylum camp guards unable to start work

Recruits on full salary while waiting months for permission to work at Kent site due to lengthy security checks

The Guardian

"Painting over murals for children at asylum centre cost #HomeOffice £1,550
FoI request reveals cost of work at #Manston centre in Kent, where cartoon murals meant to welcome children were painted over"

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/08/painting-over-murals-for-children-at-asylum-centre-cost-home-office-1550

And #BenefitSanctions and the two child cap make it less likely that people will find work, not more. They give money saving as the justification for these things, but it's actually a punitive policy of deliberate cruelty.

#Refugees #AsylumSeekers #HostileEnvironment

Painting over murals for children at asylum centre cost Home Office £1,550

FoI request reveals cost of work at Manston centre in Kent, where cartoon murals meant to welcome children were painted over

The Guardian
Asylum seekers at Manston may have been treated inhumanely, report finds

Council of Europe team raised a wide range of concerns based on visit to Kent detention centre last year

The Guardian