The Home Office has said that a man who died at the Manston migrant processing centre due to a possible diphtheria infection.
At one point, as many as 4,000 people were being detained at the site, which is designed to hold just 1,600, but on Tuesday Government sources said the site had been emptied.
The UK Health Security Agency identified 39 diphtheria cases in asylum seekers in England in 2022, as of November 10, ahead of the man’s death. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been coming under criticism for the dire conditions in Manston, and for failing to slow the perilous crossings of the English Channel by people in small boats.
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