![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/inhumane-detention-camp-could-be-expanded-to-house-thousands-more-migrants/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/TELEMMGLPICT000311810004_1_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqcpEGEogjJ0HFPLJk8-EHIvlraQLVh0JnSVtLiMSd_k.jpeg&description=Robert Jenrick, the new immigration minister, told MPs on Thursday that the Government needed to "get a grip" on a number of fronts including also the number of Albanians reaching the UK. "We're considering whether there is a bespoke route for Albanians to have their cases heard quickly and removed from the country if they're not found to be successful, returned to Albania," he said. "And we're also looking diplomatically at how we can work with the Government in Albania and in coalition with like minded countries, such as France, to reach an agreement with Albania." He said the Government will try to build a more "constructive" relationship with France to tackle immigration now Rishi Sunak is Prime Minister, and review France and Greece's "more productive" and "faster processing" times for asylum claims. He admitted it was "wrong" that the Home Office had processed only four per cent of asylum claims by Channel migrants last year. Natalie Elphicke, the Dover MP, said: "It's clear that the attempts to tackle the Channel crisis are failing at every level. The situation is now out of control. Restoring order at the border is vital."){kind=link}
Asylum centre at Manston airport in Kent is holding nearly 3,000 migrants in ‘catastrophically overcrowded’ conditions, the ISU union warns
A detention camp on the south coast could be expanded to house thousands more Channel migrants under plans being considered by the Home Office to tackle the crisis.
Ministers are also drawing up proposals for a “bespoke route” for Albanians that would separate them from other Channel migrants and fast track their deportations. Some 12,000 of the 38,000 Channel migrants this year are from the Balkan state.
The move emerged after warnings by the ISU union, which represents Border Force officers, that nearly 3,000 migrants are being unlawfully held in “inhumane” and “catastrophically overcrowded” conditions in the asylum processing centre at the Manston airport site in Kent.
It was originally designed to hold fewer than 1,000 people for just 24 hours, but is now in potential breach of its legal capacity by housing more than 2,600 for up to four weeks.