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1 Nov 2022

Monkeypox reports at immigration centre and backlash to Braverman ‘invasion’ comment

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A firebomb attack on an immigration processing centre in Dover was likely to have been sparked by ‘some form of hate filled grievance’, according to counter terror police – who have now taken over the investigation.

The government’s handling of asylum applicants has come under renewed scrutiny in the past days.

Today, the prisons watchdog urged them to ‘get a grip’ on conditions in a processing facility in Manston in Kent, where overcrowding and disease are said to be rife.