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.