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Overcrowding and racism at Manston asylum centre linked to government decisions, inquiry hears

Kent facility became dangerously overburdened after ministers halted transfers to hotels A catalogue of failures including racism, use of force and chronic overcrowding at a Home Office processing site for people who arrive on small boat were linked to decisions made at the…

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