own washing and hanging their washing on some of the fencing there, which may give you some idea of the conditions. the chief inspector of prisons, while publishing his report based on inspection injuly, has said today he is aware of intelligence through the prison officers association and the prison officers association and the chief inspector of the immigration, that conditions have considerably worsened. the phrase that stands out from what he said in the notes accompanying his report is that the home office needs to get a grip, to get a grip on what is going on at manston airport. the truth is, of course, because the weather is bad, and they won t be migrants coming in, it is about dealing with the migrants there and moving them onto much more appropriate accommodation and as soon as possible. while the home secretary yesterday was talking about an invasion on the southern coast, and a broken asylum system, i think people were listening out for what she was going to do to sort ou
hours, and possibly over the next few days. but of course that doesn t deal with the huge numbers, 4000 currently being held in marquees rat manston airport added that refugee processing centre there, which was designed for more than a thousand people, and where people are sleeping on floors in marquees are as winter approaches. when the inspectors visited injuly, they were already a bit concerned about what they were finding. they found some odd things about migrants not being able to call their families to let them know they were ok. about, for some reason, people not being able to fully close the toilet doors. they included pictures in their report which showed fairly basic conditions inside of the marquees, clean and tidy, but fairly basic conditions. since then the numbers have increased. we had some
when people were coming through in the backs of lorries and jumping out of the lorries when they came through the docks. there are growing concerns about manston because of the build up of frustrations that, there are no stories of people essentially climbing over the fence to get out there are now stories. people turning up in pubs and back gardens. the issues that have been here in doverfor a long time are starting to bubble up around manston airport. starting to bubble up around manston airort. ., ~ ,, i m joined now by our chief political correspondent nick eardley. he is in westminster. how much support is therefore suella braverman? i support is therefore suella braverman? support is therefore suella braverman? ~ ., , ., , braverman? i think the honest answer is it depends braverman? i think the honest answer is it depends who braverman? i think the honest answer is it depends who you braverman? i think the honest answer is it depends who you ask, braverman? i think
up large number of people have filled up at manston airport, where they have done the processing, where they are supposed to be for 2h hours while they are processed, but there is nowhere to go on to because people normally after manston would go on either to a hotel or an immigration detention centre if there was concerns they might then abscond. the vast majority of people going to hotels but there are no hotel rooms booked so there is nowhere for them to go. there is some talk now of trying to book rooms in hotels where there are guest staying, but obviously that could be a big change in policy and could be a big change in policy and could in itself be controversial. they are now in a sort of crisis moment and robertjenrick, the immigration minister, as roger gale was saying, did visit manston yesterday. we believe he might still be in kent. some quick decisions will have to be made to stop the manston processing centre becoming even more overwhelmed than it already is. i have been
reappointed by rishi sunak. when she was first home secretary there was a reluctance to block book any more hotels for people who had crossed the channel in small boats. that didn t deal with the reality of the situation which was that large numbers of people were still crossing the channel. so what has happened is in the last few weeks a large number of people have filled up at manston airport, where they have done the processing, where they are supposed to be for 24 hours while they are processing, but there is nowhere to go on to because people normally after manston would go on either to a hotel or an immigration detention centre if there was concerns they might then abscond. the vast majority of people go into hotels but there are no hotel rooms booked so there is nowhere for them to go. there is some talk now of trying to book rooms in hotels where there are guests staying, but obviously that would be a big change in policy and could in itself be controversial.