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Hundreds of people have been moved out of the Manston immigration centre amid criticism it is dangerously overcrowded.
Ministers have admitted that conditions at the Kent site are ‘poor’ after a report found children had to sleep on floor mats and some people were stuck in the temporary processing facility for weeks at a time.
Infrastructure on the south coast is struggling to cope with the record numbers of people illegally cross the English Channel in small boats.
Almost 40,000 people have reached Britain via the perilous route so far this year, a record-breaking number that could hit 50,000 before the end of 2023.