"Our clients are still waiting for answers as to how this was allowed to happen and accountability for the significant harm they suffered. We represent highly vulnerable individuals, including children, families and victims of trafficking and torture, who were deeply affected by their experiences at Manston. They are the victims of the inhuman and degrading treatment that occurred, and it is therefore the responsibility of the Home Office to ensure that this public inquiry is allowed to take place without any further delays."
"An inquiry into what went wrong at an asylum seeker processing centre three years ago is at a standstill, critics have said. A commitment to hold an inquiry into conditions at Manston in Kent in the second half of 2022 was first made by the former home secretary James Cleverly in March 2024 after 18,000 people were unlawfully detained in horrific conditions there."
An inquiry into Manston asylum processing centre conditions is stalled despite a commitment linked to events in autumn 2022 when around 18,000 people were unlawfully detained. Legal representatives say vulnerable clients, including children, families and victims of trafficking and torture, suffered inhuman and degrading treatment and seek answers and accountability. Concerns include repeated decision-making delays by Home Office ministers and civil servants, a sparse inquiry website with blank evidence sections, and severe overcrowding that led to outbreaks of diphtheria and scabies, filthy sleeping conditions, overflowing toilets, and claims of assaults.
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