Around 200 migrants who arrived in the UK illegally by crossing the Channel from France could collectively receive millions of pounds in compensation—paid for by the taxpayer—for being kept in “inhumane” conditions.
Lawyers representing the asylum seekers have lodged legal claims against the Home Office for the alleged unlawful detention and mistreatment of migrants at the Manston migrant holding centre near Dover, citing the favourite weapon of the pro-open borders crowd, the European Convention on Human Rights.
Allegations include sexual assault and theft of property by guards, as well as dirty and cold living conditions, according to the Telegraph. It is reported that they took place between June and November 2022. But the paper notes that official estimates put the number of migrants who have been kept at the Manston site at around 18,000, “opening the door to further compensation claims for their mistreatment.”
Barrister Steven Barrett said the case “embarrasses Justice.” Although, as Policy Exchange senior fellow Edward Stringer pointed out, the system will still “make a fortune either way.”
Reform UK party board member Gawain Towler added that if the government loses this case, “any claim that it has a grip on immigration goes out the window.”
Leave the ECHR, the Human Rights Act must be repealed, and those who arrive illegally must be detained and deported.
If the law doesn’t allow it, change the law.
Under the previous ‘Conservative’ government, illegal migrants who arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel also refused to board the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge because of their “severe fear of water.”
The Home Office says it would be “inappropriate” to comment while an inquiry into events at the site is ongoing.
Michael Curzon is a news writer for europeanconservative.com based in England’s Midlands. He is also Editor of Bournbrook Magazine, which he founded in 2019, and previously wrote for London’s Express Online. His Twitter handle is @MichaelCurzon_.
