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HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresWorking collaboratively with the French is a key component in solving this problem. The simple truth is that we cannot do this alone. That is why I am very pleased that we have a…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresI was grateful for the time that my hon. Friend gave me, with his Stoke colleagues, to explain the exact difficulty in Stoke. I have identified that there is a disproportionate…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresI am very proud of this Government’s track record on helping some of the most vulnerable people come to this country from some of the most dangerous parts of the world. Fifty-five…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresAs I said, Albania is a signatory to the European convention on action against trafficking in human beings. That is the originating international convention, which underlines our…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresAs I said, I am very happy to confirm—by reference to the timeline, effectively—that I have been aware of this issue for several weeks. I would love to be able to magic up…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresMy hon. Friend is right: the average cost per person per night in a hotel is £150. By my standards, that is quite a nice hotel. Therefore, any complaints that the accommodation is…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresAs I have set out, there are challenges in securing the sufficient accommodation, full stop—whether that means hotels or dispersal accommodation. That is due to the limited…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresMy hon. Friend raises an important point and he is absolutely right. Other European countries take a very different approach to the consideration and processing of asylum claims.…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresWe are always concerned about the personal responsibility and safety of the staff at Manston. Let me take this opportunity to pay tribute to every single person who has been…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresComing into the Home Office in September has shown me how the decision-making process behind choosing hotels goes on. I have heard from several colleagues their concerns about the…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresI tell you what the British people need to know. They need to know that it was the Labour Government who oversaw mass migration and, effectively, a de facto open borders policy…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresWe take extremely seriously our duty of care towards children and young people who are in the system. As I said, there are delays in the system because of the extortionate amount…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresWell, of course, it is very serious when a child goes missing, particularly in those circumstances. When it happens, we work very closely with local authorities and the police to…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. We need to change the law. There are too many people coming here and making spurious human rights claims, protracting the asylum…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresWe do not routinely detain children or unaccompanied asylum-seeking children at Manston, but a number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children were accommodated, not detained, for…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresMy hon. Friend is spot on. We have to tell the truth to the British people. These people are not all refugees fleeing war and persecution, having suffered human rights violations.…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresI gently refer the hon. Gentleman to the letter I sent today to the Chairman of the Home Affairs Committee, which is clear about the timeline of my actions and decisions. I…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresMy right hon. Friend is right. The processing is as follows: people arrive and go first to Western Jet Foil where they get dry clothes and are looked after on their immediate…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresWe are aware that people have been detained, and we have very high numbers at Manston. That is why we are taking really exhaustive steps to ensure that we can procure alternative…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresOne of the other plans that we have been working on is to change the law, because unfortunately our laws have too low a threshold—that is why our modern slavery laws are being…31 Oct 2022