Manston asylum centre was ‘overcrowded, squalid and insanitary’, inquiry hears

Extent to which conditions deteriorated at Kent detention centre in 2022 is being investigated in public hearing

A detention centre in Kent that processed the claims of asylum seekers who had arrived in the UK on small boats was overcrowded, squalid and insanitary", a public inquiry has heard.

The hearing is investigating the decisions, actions and circumstances which led to the conditions experienced by those detained at Manston between 1 June 2022 and 22 November 2022.