Migrants being stranded in London was a mistake - Chris Philp

Mistakes were made aft 2 groups of migrants were near stranded successful London this week, the authorities has admitted.

Home Office curate Chris Philp said determination had been a "misunderstanding", aft radical were mistakenly taken from the Manston centre successful Kent and near astatine Victoria station.

But defending the government, helium said determination had been a "dramatic improvement" successful conditions astatine overcrowded Manston.

And helium criticised immoderate migrants who were making "unnecessary" Channel crossings.

He told Times Radio it was a "bit of a cheek" for radical to "start complaining astir the conditions erstwhile you've illegally entered a state without necessity".

Mr Philp's comments travel aft the authorities was urged to get a grip connected overcrowding astatine the migrant processing tract successful Kent.

There was further chaos erstwhile it emerged 2 groups of migrants had been taken to Victoria Railway Station with obscurity to go.

Around 11 migrants who near the Manston processing centre and arrived astatine the presumption connected Tuesday did not person accommodation.

After receiving assistance from volunteers astatine a stateless foundation who liaised with the Home Office, the radical was past taken to enactment astatine a edifice successful Norwich. One unpaid told the BBC that the men were from Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq.

A spokesperson for the Home Office said officials had worked "at pace" to find accommodation for them.

Less than 24 hours afterwards, a 2nd radical of migrants was besides taken to the superior without accommodation. The radical slept unsmooth connected the streets until lodging was provided, according to the section authority.

"Both groups of radical told migration officials astatine Manston they had addresses to spell to, truthful friends and family," Mr Philp told Sky News.

"Obviously, that turned retired subsequently not to beryllium the case.

"Quite however that misunderstanding arose, possibly it was mislaid successful translation, I don't know, but intelligibly they person present each been looked after."

Mr Philp's comments travel aft the authorities faced disapproval pursuing reports that Manston was holding migrants, including families, for 4 weeks, successful breach of the law. It is intended that radical enactment for nary much than 24 hours portion their assertion is processed.

At most, 1,600 migrants should beryllium astatine the processing centre astatine immoderate 1 clip - the MP for the country said that fig was much similar 4,000 connected Monday.

Mr Philp told BBC Breakfast that determination had been a "substantial effort" to trim the fig of radical astatine Manston, with much than 1,000 migrants being removed implicit the people of the week.

He added that helium had seen a "dramatic improvement" with enactment carried retired connected facilities and further accommodation built.

The Home Office said it was taking urgent decisions to alleviate issues astatine Manston, including sourcing alternate accommodation.

Mr Philp said English Channel crossings were putting "enormous pressure" connected the migration system.

"We can't person these wide standard amerciable entries due to the fact that it stops america looking aft radical genuinely successful request similar the Ukrainians, the Afghans and the Syrians who we've been precise generously and warmheartedly welcoming and looking after," helium told the BBC.

Westminster City Council's Labour person Adam Hug said the "chaos" of the concern meant section services and charities were "having to prime up the slack".

Mr Hug told BBC Radio 4's Today Programme the misunderstanding betwixt migration officials and migrants this week could person been down to connection barriers.

"It could beryllium radical who are conscionable desperately wanting to get retired of a horrible concern that is connected the crushed successful Manston," helium added.

Mr Hug said that immoderate of the migrants who were bussed into the superior connected Wednesday were enactment connected a manager to Norwich 12 hours later.

But Stephen Evans, main enforcement of Norwich Council, has said the Home Office did not springiness its section officials immoderate informing that the radical would beryllium arriving successful the city. He said helium archetypal heard astir it successful a quality article.

"We hadn't been told. We don't cognize who they are and we don't cognize wherever they've gone to successful the city," helium said.

He added that councils request to cognize wherever migrants are for safeguarding reasons, adding that the Home Office usually gives section leaders conscionable a fewer days' announcement erstwhile it comes to opening a edifice for migrants successful their area.

Damian Green, the Conservative MP for Ashford successful Kent and erstwhile migration minister, said the Home Office had "taken it oculus disconnected the ball" and had been concentrating connected plans to nonstop migrants to Rwanda erstwhile it should person been beryllium focussed connected processing asylum claims much quickly.

He said if asylum seekers were rapidly assessed past the request for lodging thousands successful hotels, astatine a outgo of £6m a day, would beryllium avoided.

Speaking to the Today programme, Mr Green accused the Home Office of lodging migrants successful hotels often "against the proposal of police" and section authorities, adding that his ain location region of Kent was "really nether strain".

Immigration curate Robert Jenrick is owed to sojourn Dover connected Friday to conscionable the town's MP, Natalie Elphicke, on with section residents and councillors.