Exclusive: Staff at processing centre say lack of ‘upstream accommodation’ could see return to conditions that led to disease and violence
An asylum centre that became dangerously overcrowded last year could again become overwhelmed within weeks, civil servants and union representatives have told the Guardian.
Staff working at the Manston processing centre have said there could be a return to conditions that led to disease and violence because of the lack of “upstream accommodation” for asylum seekers once they have been processed.
Safeguarding issues around people who did not know one another sleeping close together.
Blankets being used to block wind and rain from coming into tents.
Contents of portable toilets overflowing during a rainy period and seeping into tents.
Children wearing inadequate clothing.
