Channel migrants held at a former military base could receive millions of pounds of compensation, it has been revealed.
Close to 200 people have lodged legal claims against the Home Office for their treatment at the Manston processing centre in Kent.
It is alleged they were "unlawfully" detained in "inhumane" conditions, according to The Telegraph.
Allegations include sexual assaults, physical abuse, unclean conditions and outbreaks of diseases.
The site is used as a short-term processing centre for migrants
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Asylum seekers could receive compensation of £500 for each 24 hours they spent in unlawful detention.
However, courts can hand out even larger sums and the Home Office has so far refused to settle the cases.
The former RAF base is used by the Home Office to process migrants who arrive in Britain by small boat.
In 2022, it was reported that the facility was overcrowded, with some asylum seekers spending weeks there rather than the couple of days it would normally take to process them.