A group of people thought to be migrants gather their belongings before leaving the Manston immigration short-term holding facility located at the former Defence Fire Training and Development Centre in Thanet, Kent
AN ASYLUM-SEEKER says he was driven close to suicide after being detained for three weeks at Manston in harrowing conditions.
Hozan — not his real name — described being retraumatised by the overcrowded, repressive and dangerous conditions at the processing facility in Kent.
The young asylum-seeker said he came to Britain in mid-October by small boat after fleeing his home country in the Middle East, where he had been held in military prison.
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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