Prosecution. persecution. he told us about his 2a days in manston. he said the overcrowded conditions stripped him and others of their dignity. translation: we were treated like dignity. translation: we were treated like animals. dignity. translation: we were treated like animals. there - treated like animals. there were only two toilets and shower for 120 were only two toilets and showerfor120 people in our tent. we slept on cardboard. the centre was holding 4000 migrants, more than double than what it is designed for. ahmed and others started a sit down protest, but things didn t end there. what to the immigration officers do you? i there. what to the immigration officers do you? officers do you? i was crying out while officers do you? i was crying out while underneath - officers do you? i was crying out while underneath him. l officers do you? i was crying out while underneath him. i | out while underneath him. i used whatever strength i had to remove his arm from choking
Showerfor 120 people in our tent. we slept on cardboard. the centre was holding 4,000 migrants, more than double than it was designed for. ahmed and others started a sit down protest, but things didn t end there. what did the immigration officers do to you? i was crying out while underneath him. i used whatever strength i had to remove his arm from choking me. when i removed his hands, he pushed me and ifell backwards onto someone else. the same officer grabbed my head and used his knee to bash my head in and broke my nose. from this point onward, i lost consciousness. the bbc has learned that kent police is investigating ahmed s allegations, and the home office has started an internal investigation and have told the bbc that ahmed s story does not match their understanding of events. a home office spokesperson said.
It has just been getting worse and worse over the last three or four weeks. the site is getting more and more overcrowded. because of the technical difficulties of getting things clean. things are getting more and more dirty and the migrants are getting more and more frustrated. and with that frustration comes greater risk of violence and more sporadic outbursts of violence that the staff then have to go in and deal with. they are facing daily things like sit down protest, slow chants, migrant shouting, give us ourfreedom. it is just very wearing and following the attacks on sunday it is also very frightening because now staff don t know if that is going to set a precedent, there will be a copycat. there is a lot of press and a lot of people around the gates right now. just a really threatening environment. just to reiterate, this is a processing centre so people aren t supposed to be staying there, they are supposed to stay a matter
Us our freedom. slow chance, migrant shouting give us ourfreedom. it slow chance, migrant shouting give us our freedom. it is just very wearing and following the attacks on sunday it is also very frightening because now staff don t know if that is going to set a precedent, there will be a copycat. there is a lot of press and a lot of people around the gates right now. just a really threatening environment. just to reiterate, this threatening environment. just to reiterate, this is threatening environment. just to reiterate, this is a threatening environment. just to reiterate, this is a processing i reiterate, this is a processing centre so people aren t supposed to be staying there they are supposed to stay a matter of but as soon as you had have a of people staying in that place then you have problems with things like cleanliness and people coming in and that frustration that you have just detailed. what would you like to see happen now? in detailed. what would you like to see
Story that is the new report into pressures at the manston migration processing centre. lucy is a representative of the eis lucy morten is a representative of the isu, the union for border and immigration officials. thanks for coming on the programme. we are learning more about the situation there, what is it like at the moment for some of the workers? it is a very tense situation which has just been getting worse and worse over the last three or four weeks. the site is getting more and more overcrowded. because of the technical difficulties of getting things clean. things are getting more and more dirty and the migrants are getting more and more frustrated. and with that frustration comes greater risk of violence and more sporadic risk of violence and more sporadic risk of violence that the staff then have to go in and deal with. they are facing daily things like sit down protest, slow chance, migrant shouting give