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Home Office contractors removed for trying to sell drugs at Manston asylum centre
Exclusive: Staff disciplined after asylum seekers understood to have complained about attempts to sell them cannabis
Home Office contractors have been disciplined after trying to sell illegal drugs to asylum seekers at the crisis-hit processing centre at Manston in Kent.
- Diane Taylor
- The Guardian
It is understood the issue came to light after asylum seekers at the site in Ramsgate complained that security staff had tried to sell them cannabis.
Security guards also raised concerns that their colleagues were smoking the drug while on duty.
A Home Office statement said:
“The Home Office expects the highest standards of professionalism from all those contracted to manage the…