Border Force union joins legal action over conditions at Manston asylum centre

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A trade union that represents many Home Office staff is joining a legal action against the home secretary over horrendous, inhumane and dangerous" conditions at the Manston processing centre for people arriving in the country by small boat.

The Public and Commercial Services union, the UK's largest union for civil servants, counts among its members Border Force staff, enforcement officers and caseworkers making decisions about whether to detain small boat arrivals.