Suella Braverman was warned over Manston migrant centre overcrowding

Suella Braverman failed to motion disconnected connected measures which could person eased unit astatine a migrant processing centre, sources person told the BBC.

The location caput was warned the authorities was acting extracurricular the instrumentality by failing to motion disconnected connected ways to instantly determination radical to hotels.

Sources assertion determination was important interest wrong the Home Office astir the concern astatine the Manston centre.

The Home Office said claims proposal was "deliberately ignored" were baseless.

Some 4,000 radical are being held astatine a processing centre astatine the disused airdrome successful Manston - erstwhile it was acceptable up it was designed to clasp 1,600.

Hundreds of radical were moved determination connected Sunday aft a occurrence onslaught astatine a abstracted migrant installation successful Dover.

Migrants are lone expected to beryllium kept determination for 24 hours, but erstwhile the main inspector of migration visited past week, helium recovered immoderate radical had been determination for implicit a month. That included 1 household who had been determination for 32 days, sleeping connected mats successful a marquee.

Sources acquainted with the concern said Ms Braverman was urged to enactment to tackle the issues astatine Manston during her archetypal spell arsenic location secretary.

One root told the BBC determination was "crystal clear" proposal that the authorities was not acting wrong the law.

Sources told the BBC Priti Patel had been "reluctant" to motion disconnected connected sending asylum seekers to hotels erstwhile she was location caput but did truthful due to the fact that she was alert that it was her statutory work to bash so.

Grant Shapps is besides said to person taken enactment to easiness congestion astatine Manston during his little play arsenic location secretary.

But sources alleged that Ms Braverman did not instrumentality measures to easiness overcrowding pressures by sending asylum seekers to hotels - contempt warnings implicit the legality of what was going connected astatine Manston.

Senior figures successful Whitehall said the determination was bonzer and called into question whether Ms Braverman could past successful her position.

A Home Office spokesperson said: "The location caput has taken urgent decisions to alleviate issues astatine Manston and root alternate accommodation. Claims proposal was deliberately ignored are wholly baseless.

"It is close we look astatine each disposable options truthful decisions tin beryllium made based connected the latest operational and ineligible advice.

"The fig of radical arriving successful the UK via tiny boats has reached grounds levels, which has enactment our asylum strategy nether unthinkable unit and costs the British payer millions of pounds a day."