Media in PennsylvaniaTwo former prime ministers and three former interior secretaries may have to testify an investigation into serious allegations of chaos and illegal activities in a center used to hold migrants with interfarged channels.
An internal document of the Home Office reveals that the allegations of failures at the Manston detention center in 2022 are likely to be “damaging in a deemed manner” in the department.
The document, published after a legal challenge, shows that there were at least 39 failures as the center was exceeded that year.
Incidents include death in detention, illegal detention of adults and children and interior ministry officials accused of conspiracy in order to fly and bad in the public service.
An investigation into what happened in Manston has just started and is led by an independent superior lawyer – but it has no power to force people to testify.
The former Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak may have to testify, as the former secretary of origin Dame Priti Patel, Suella Braverman and Grant Shapps.
In 2022, the home office resumed the old military installation near Ramsgate to help it cope with the number of migrants arriving in the United Kingdom in small boats and asylum complaints. At the end of the summer, he was overcrowded and at some point, he held around 4,000 people – three times more than his capacity.
At one point, the crisis was so bad that the Minister of the Interior of the time, Braverman, was publicly postpone complaints In Parliament, she had poorly managed what to do with the migrants who arrive.
A few weeks later, Hussein Haseeb Ahmed, 31, died in hospital after apparently contracted diphtheria at the center, although he was not established if it was the cause of his death.
Earlier this year, a legal hearing relating to Manston and the scope of the survey revealed the existence of a document listing all the allegations of potential failures. A high court judge then ordered his disclosure to BBC News, The Guardian and The Independent.
Media in PennsylvaniaThe briefing note, prepared for the current interior secretary, Yvette Cooper, presents “incidents and allegations” in Manston between June and November 2022.
“The list … includes a death in detention, an illegal detention of adults and children, and officials of the Interior Ministry responsible for conspiracy in order to steal and stop in the public service,” he said.
“The allegations raised include a bad session in the public service, violations of the European Convention on Human Rights, violations of … Children’s safeguarding tasks, violations of the rules of short -term detention, the violations of building permits and violations of health, security, fires and regulations on food security.
“The survey on Conditions at Manston will probably be deemed to be deemed to be deemed for the home office.”
The document details the number of people who may have to testify.
“The list of key people will include three former interior secretaries (RT Hon Dame Priti Patel Mp, RT Hon Suella Braverman MP and RT Hon Grant Shapps),” he said.
“The external decision -makers who ultimately influence the Manston operating model include the former Prime Minister (RT Hon Boris Johnson), the former Chancellor of the chessboard (RT Hon Rishi Sunak, deputy), and the former Secretary of State for Defense (RT Hon Ben Wallace).”
Five other former ministers of immigration and SIR Matthew Rycroft, the former permanent secretary of the Home Office, may also need to testify.
The Ministry of the Interior and other government services should provide legal advice to all former ministers.
A spokesman said it would be inappropriate to comment on the investigation while she was underway.
