Heartbreaking letter is ‘thrown over fence at migrant centre by little girl’ who begs for help and says ‘we’re sick’
A LITTLE girl has reportedly written a heartbreaking letter begging for help at an overcrowded migrant centre as the crisis deepens.
The youngster threw the handwritten note in a bottle over the fence at the Manston migration centre in Kent, according to a PA photographer.
In it, she begs “journalists, organisations, everyone” to “please help us” and says it “feels like we’re in prison”.
The child also says the food in the site is “very bad” and is making everyone “feel sick”, according to the note.
She continues: “We really need your help. Please help us, please.
“It’s not easy for families to stay in prison for 30 days, it’s not easy for someone who has children.
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“Please help us, we really need your help…There’s a lot of children…they should be in school not prison”.
Shocking pictures from the site also show migrants crammed against a perimeter fence begging for help.
The devastating letter is a tragic reminder of the migrant crisis gripping the UK and the rest of the world.
Record numbers of people are continuing to cross the Channel – with 468 migrants arriving on Sunday alone.
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This takes the total number of migrants who have made the treacherous journey so far this year to almost 40,000.
The Manston migration centre in Kent is now 3,000 people over its 1,000 capacity and continues to grow.
Around 700 more people were also moved to the site from Dover after petrol bomber Andrew Leak targeted a second centre on Sunday.
Manston has been described as “like a pressure cooker” after an outbreak of potentially deadly diphtheria.
The former RAF airbase, which is the main processing centre for migrants before they are shipped off to hostels or hotels across the UK, has also been rocked by violent outbursts.
Migrants are only supposed to remain at the facility for 24 hours while they are processed but some are crammed in for weeks.
A report in The Times found Ms Braverman blocked the transfer of asylum seekers to new hotels and ignored legal advice the government was illegally detaining people at Manston.
The Refugee Council has revealed one boy had contracted scabies after staying at the centre for 19 days in “inhumane” conditions.
There has also been a report of a case of MRSA at the camp.
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Immigration minister Robert Jenrick said “good progress” has been made in alleviating overcrowding at Manston.
But migrants in the centre are threatening to self harm and go on hunger strike to protest against being detained, Sky News reports.