![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/tories-face-legal-action-over-asylum-chaos-with-3500-still-stuck-at-manston/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2_TDP_CHP_031122ITV_4707.jpg&description=Robert Jenrick revealed the Government had received 'initial contact for a judicial review' and said he wanted to restore the facility back to 'acceptable humane conditions'Minister says numbers at the Manston centre will be back at an 'acceptable level within seven days'Tory ministers are facing possible legal action over an asylum centre housing 3,500 people in conditions described as "dire" by senior MPs. Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick last night confirmed the Government had received "initial contact for a judicial review" over the Manston facility in Kent. Mr Jenrick claimed the move was "not unusual" as it concerned a "highly litigious area of policy" - but did not reveal who was behind the challenge. Mr Jenrick appeared to concede the current situation at Manston may not be legal, telling Sky News' Sophy Ridge he expects it "will be returned to a well-functioning and certainly legally compliant site very rapidly". He also revealed that 3,500 people are still at the asylum centre at Manston - despite a maximum capacity of 1,600. Read More Suella Braverman will visit Dover on Thursday but not take questions from the media ( AFP via Getty Images) Mr Jenrick told ITV's Peston claimed the number is "falling very rapidly", adding: "I expect that we'll get down to an acceptable level within about seven days. "We're procuring more hotels in all parts of the country, decanting migrants from Manston to those as quickly as we can. "And once we've done that we'll be able to restore Manston to the kind of acceptable humane conditions that all of us would want to see". But he said, as the minister responsible, he wants to ensure everything is conducted "appropriately and within the law". It came as the under-fire Home Secretary Suella Braverman prepared to visit Dover as struggles with the crisis - but is not scheduled to take questions from the media. Read More Last night the chairs of four parliamentary committees wrote to the Cabinet minister epressing "deep concern){kind=link}
Robert Jenrick revealed the Government had received ‘initial contact for a judicial review’ and said he wanted to restore the facility back to ‘acceptable humane conditions’
Tory ministers are facing possible legal action over an asylum centre housing 3,500 people in conditions described as “dire” by senior MPs.
Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick last night confirmed the Government had received “initial contact for a judicial review” over the Manston facility in Kent.
Mr Jenrick claimed the move was “not unusual” as it concerned a “highly litigious area of policy” – but did not reveal who was behind the challenge.
Mr Jenrick appeared to concede the current situation at Manston may not be legal, telling Sky News’ Sophy Ridge he expects it “will be returned to a well-functioning and certainly legally compliant site very rapidly”.