good morning. it s tuesday, the 1st of november. our main story. the chief inspector of prisons has told breakfast the government must get a grip on a migrant processing centre in kent. a report published today, says back injuly the facility at manston was working reasonably well, but it says since then it has deteriorated significantly, with conditions being described as wretched. meanwhile, opposition mps have condemned the home secretary, suella braverman, for describing the arrival of migrants into britain as an invasion . our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani reports. once an airfield, now a migrant reception centre, stretched beyond its capacity. manston near the english channel was designed to hold up to 1600 migrants for 24 hours. it s now struggling with almost three times that. a report today from the prisons watchdog raises fresh questions over how
casciani has the latest. once an airfield, now a migrant reception centre, stretched beyond its capacity. manston near the english channel was designed to hold up to 1600 migrants for 24 hours. it s now struggling with almost three times that. a report today from the prisons watchdog raises fresh questions over how the home office has managed arrivals since the summer. manston was opened in february to quickly process migrants arriving over the sea. the report says that injuly it was well equipped and staff were professional. but inspectors concluded challenges remained. the centre had no beds or fresh air. and now the situation has deteriorated. the chief inspector of prisons says his team will be going back soon. what we re saying to the home office is really, get a grip. because of the concerns that have been raised by a number of sources, we ve actually decided that we will return to the site and re inspect again in the nearfuture. this is quite unusual for us to do.
had to ensure it returns to a well run, compassionate, humane site which can manage around 1000 to 2000 individuals. at the moment it had significantly more than that. every day we are working intensely to improve that situation. our home affairs and legal correspondent dominic casciani has more details. once an airfield, now a migrant reception centre, stretched beyond its capacity. manston near the english channel was designed to hold up to 1600 migrants for 24 hours. it s now struggling with almost three times that. a report today from the prisons watchdog raises fresh questions over how the home office has managed arrivals since the summer. manston was opened in february to quickly process migrants arriving over the sea. the report says that injuly it was well equipped and staff were professional. but inspectors concluded challenges remained.
significantly more than that. we are working intensely now everyday to reduce that population. our home affairs and legal correspondent dominic casciani has the latest. once an airfield, now a migrant reception centre, stretched beyond its capacity. manston near the english channel was designed to hold up to 1600 migrants for 24 hours. it s now struggling with almost three times that. a report today from the prisons watchdog raises fresh questions over how the home office has managed arrivals since the summer. manston was opened in february to quickly process migrants arriving over the sea. the report says that injuly it was well equipped and staff were professional. but inspectors concluded challenges remained. the centre had no beds or fresh air. and now the situation has deteriorated. the chief inspector of prisons says his team will be going back soon. what we re saying to the home office