Conservative Party MP Sir Roger Gale raises concerns over deplorable conditions at Manston migration centre in Kent

According to Conservative Party MP Sir Roger Gale, the current conditions at the Manston migration centre in Kent are not at all acceptable as the overcrowding is causing outbreaks of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and diphtheria among the immigrants.

As the Border Force Migration centre in Dover suffered a petrol bomb attack recently, hundreds of asylum seekers were transferred to Manston Migrant Centre, increasing its headcount to a whopping 4,000. This is 3,000 more than the current capacity of the facility, causing inhumane living conditions for the immigrants. He pointed out that the system is broken and needs to be rectified at once, especially since 1,000 more immigrants will be arriving on Sunday.

The facility is meant to hold people for no longer than 24 hours for scrutiny before being transferred to other accommodation. However, it's been months since these people have been crammed together in wretched conditions. This is due to the fact that there have been "out of control" crossings of boats. The government needs to find an answer to illegal crossings and to quickly take care of backlogged applications.

FAQs:

1. Who needs to be held responsible for the current situation at Manston?
   Sir Roger pointed out that the home secretary, Suella Braverman, is the one who needs to be held accountable.
2. Can Home Secretary Suella Braverman be held responsible?
   On reports that she blocked the transfers of asylum seekers to hotels, the Environment Minister Mark Spencer responded that this was done in order to speed things up and to avoid illegitimate asylum seekers from entering the UK.
3. Is the asylum application processing system working properly?
   The Home Office is overwhelmed with a backlog of 100,000 asylum applications still in processing and 96% of the previous year's applications still outstanding.