 Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ( PA) In the Commons, Mrs Braverman has insisted she did not 'block hotels or veto advice to procure extra and emergency accommodation'. But government sources on Tuesday explained that by simply requesting fresh legal advice it created a delay in securing accommodation, disrupting the flow of people through the Manston processing site. A Tory former Cabinet minister said: 'Delaying the decision means you have got people in inhumane conditions in a camp. She is the first home secretary to create a refugee camp on British soil.' There have been outbreaks of diphtheria and scabies at Manston, with staff reporting instances of violence as tensions mount over the overcrowded conditions. A Whitehall source: 'She delayed the decision){kind=link}
The Home Secretary is accused of breaking the law by detaining new arrivals at a former military base in Kent for weeks on end and holding up the booking of hotel rooms
Suella Braverman has created the “first refugee camp on British soil” by holding up the booking of hotel rooms for asylum seekers, a senior has Tory warned.
The Home Secretary, who is dubbed ” Leaky Sue “, is accused of breaking the law by detaining new arrivals at a former military base in Kent for weeks on end.
Up to 1,600 people are supposed to pass through the site every day, with checks completed in under 24 hours before they are moved to accommodation.
But government sources said on Tuesday night that a “bottleneck” has formed with around 4,000 stuck at the facility because Mrs Braverman questioned legal advice warning she would be breaking the law if they were not moved to hotel rooms quickly.