Channel migrants backed by anti-Rwanda lawyers could be in line for millions in compensation from the Home Office amid claims they were 'unlawfully' kept in 'inhumane' conditions.
Nearly 200 asylum seekers have launched legal claims against the Home Office for unlawful detention and mistreatment at a migrant holding centre in Dover.
Among the allegations are physical abuse, sexual assault, guards thieving property, as well as dirty and cold conditions, scabies and outbreaks of diphtheria. There are also claims of forcible separation of families as well as denial of medical assistance.
Internal documents have warned that failings at ex-RAF base Manston during the previous Tory government, in 2022, could be 'reputationally damaging' to the Home Office, according to The Telegraph.
In February, the Home Office said it would launch a public inquiry into what had transpired at the base when it was thrice over official capacity, housing around 4,000 between June and November 2022.
