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The Manston migrant crisis shows our problems in microcosm

Posturing and political dishonesty has caused a crisis, but it's not the only one

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Nov 04, 2022
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<p>Detainees gesture through a fence at an immigration processing centre in Manston</p>
Immigrants at Manston (Reuters)

The news this week has been dominated by the slow-burning crisis at the Manston Migrant Centre. The processing facility for those claiming asylum is overcrowded and unsanitary, housing around 4,000 migrants in accommodation designed for a quarter of that. It is unsafe for both staff and migrants, with tensions rising as co…

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