Home Office upgrades inquiry into Kent immigration centre after legal challenge

Asylum seekers formally held at Manston will get funded legal representation after challenging Home Office decision

Asylum seekers will receive funded legal representation at an inquiry into a catalogue of failures at a centre in Kent where small boat arrivals are processed, after a legal challenge by detainees.

Manston, a short-term holding facility outside Ramsgate, was established in January 2022 to deal with the increasing numbers of asylum seekers crossing the Channel to the UK in dinghies.