One of the 900 personnel working at the Manston military base, said violence, disease and attempts at self-harm are a daily occurrence at the facility

A whistleblower at a troubled asylum processing centre in Kent has told GB News the Government is not acknowledging the true extent of the crisis there.

The source, one of the 900 personnel working at the Manston military base, said violence, disease and attempts at self-harm are a daily occurrence at the facility.

He also said some of those employed to guard the base were later revealed to "have no legal right to work in the UK."

The Home Office said it was unaware of anyone working at the facility who did not have the right to be there.

The processing centre is only supposed to hold asylum seekers for no more than 24 hours, before they are then farmed out to hotels and other longer term, more suitable accommodation.

The whistleblower said that staff were only managing to process and transfer out around 100 people on an average day.

The numbers arriving by small boat he said, far out strip the base’s processing capabilities.

“Senior management don’t have plans to move them out” he said.

“Their solution is to bail them on to the site.

“They have breached detention laws and human rights. When someone is detained, they should be reviewed every 24 hours. This has not been done at all."

He told us, some people have been there over a month, adding to the mounting tensions and deteriorating conditions at the base.

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