Robert Jenrick rebuked for not providing evidence to Manston inquiry
newsJun 15, 202622169
Manston inquiry chair Sophie Cartwright KC rebuked former immigration minister Robert Jenrick for failing to provide a written statement or other evidence about the Manston asylum detention centre. The inquiry is examining squalid conditions at the former military base in Manston, Kent, which Cartwright described as "wretched" and where detainees became ill and one person died. Jenrick was immigration minister while Manston operated, and the inquiry said his non-cooperation raises direct questions about ministerial oversight, contracting and accountability for asylum accommodation during that period.
