sleeping facilities. some accommodated in unheated double decker buses. inadequate care for two women said they had been raped by smugglers and another woman who claimed to have been sold into domestic servitude. unaccompanied children placed with unrelated adults prompting significant safeguarding concerns and migrants injuries left untreated. the inspectors were told how 116 year old girl, picked up after a perilous channel crossing remained in wet clothes for two days with undetected fuel burns on her legs and was now likely to be scarred for life. a previous inspection in september last year also revealed poor conditions at tug haven. at the time the home office assured inspectors improvements would be made with ministers blaming co ordination problems with partner agencies. today the chief inspector of prisons charlie taylor said this was not a sufficient explanation for why one year later we still found people being held for even longer in conditions that were so inadequate. res
almost beyond belief . migrants arriving in small boats in kent, in the south east of england, are facing very poor and worsening conditions at the home office s arrival facilities in dover. that s according to inspectors and independent monitors. a highly critical report by the inspectorate of prisons says there are significant safeguarding concerns for children and vulnerable adults held at the dockside, despite uk government assurances that conditions would improve. the bbc s home editor mark easton reports. inspectors visited the tug haven arrival centre on dover in a quiet day in middle over. what they discovered has opted a call for urgent government action. 400 people including babies and small children held overnight in cold tents without