A man who was being held at the Manston asylum processing centre in Kent has died in hospital, the Home Office has said.
The man reportedly became unwell on Friday and died on Saturday morning. He had arrived in the UK on a small boat on 12 November and was taken to hospital immediately on arrival, it has been reported.
He was then discharged into the controversial processing centre at Manston on 15 November but subsequently became ill again, a government source told The Telegraph.
The Home Office added: “We express our heartfelt condolences to all those affected.
“We take the safety of those in our care extremely seriously and are profoundly saddened by this event.
“A post-mortem examination will take place so it would not be appropriate to comment further at this time.”
A Home Office spokesperson added: “We take the safety and welfare of those in our care extremely seriously and provide 24/7 health facilities with trained medical staff at Manston.”
Manston was severely overcrowded in October
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Manston has capacity for 1,000 to 1,600 people but around 4,000 had been held there in October. Home secretary Suella Braverman came under pressure after it was reported that the government had failed to book enough hotels to move asylum seekers on to, leaving them to build up in the overcrowded Manston site.
Cases of diphtheria and scabies were reported at the centre, although the Home Office said that there was “no evidence at this stage” that the man in this case had died from an infectious disease.
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