![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/ministers-face-questions-as-migrant-crisis-worsens/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/127430167_f7892ab3170d3eeb9642e3b0d31453e2e4eeb1a9.jpg&description=Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, More than 1,000 migrants crossed the English Channel on SaturdaySuella Braverman is under pressure to answer questions about worsening conditions at a migrant processing centre in Kent said to be overcrowded.The home secretary faces demands from Labour and a senior Tory MP to address the Commons over the situation at the site in Manston.Hundreds of people were moved there on Sunday after a fire attack at a separate migrant facility in Dover.The government said it was controlling immigration and deterring traffickers.Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick and Tory MP Sir Roger Gale visited the Manston centre on Sunday to discuss solutions to ease pressure on the site.Sir Roger raised concerns over reports that Ms Braverman decided against moving more migrants to nearby hotels. Speaking to BBC South East, Sir Roger said it was "wrong" for Ms Braverman not to commission more hotel rooms, and that it was causing a backlog.He said he had been assured 650 migrants would be moved of Manston and into hotels or temporary accommodation this week.Sir Roger and Labour MPs want the home secretary to answer MPs' questions about this in the House of Commons later. Ms Braverman described Sunday's fire attack in Dover, in which two people were hurt, as "distressing". The suspect was later found dead at a nearby petrol station.Concerns over the conditions facing migrants at Manston came as dozens of charities called for a "kind and effective system" for migrants. An open letter to Ms Braverman - signed by charities including Christian Aid and Save the Children - urged safer routes for people to come to the UK.It said: "You have referred to this country's proud history of offering sanctuary, so we ask you to make this happen with a fair, kind and effective system for refugees."Deal with the backlog in asylum cases, create safe routes, respect international law, and the UN convention on refugees, and give refugees a fair hearing, however they get h){kind=link}
Suella Braverman is under pressure to answer questions about worsening conditions at a migrant processing centre in Kent said to be overcrowded.
The home secretary faces demands from Labour and a senior Tory MP to address the Commons over the situation at the site in Manston.
Hundreds of people were moved there on Sunday after a fire attack at a separate migrant facility in Dover.
The government said it was controlling immigration and deterring traffickers.
Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick and Tory MP Sir Roger Gale visited the Manston centre on Sunday to discuss solutions to ease pressure on the site.