Man being processed at Manston detention centre in Kent dies

Home Office confirms person who arrived in UK on small boat a week ago was taken ill and later died

A man who arrived in the UK on a small boat a week ago and was being processed at Manston has died, the Home Office said on Saturday. He became ill while at the Kent detention site and was taken to hospital, but later died.

It is understood that he arrived on 12 November and was taken ill on Friday evening.