Residents, many of whom are angry about the rising numbers making their way across the channel. it follows the home secretary s tour of an overrun migrant facility yesterday. over the course of the week, suella braverman has been under increased criticism in her government role. let s remind ourselves how we got here. ms braverman faced pressure regarding overcrowding at manston, a migrant processing centre in kent, amid accusations she had turned down plans that would have prevented congestion at the centre. she promised to tackle what she called the scourge of illegal immigration but was condemned after claiming there was an invasion across england s southern coast, taking particular aim at albanians. the albanian prime minster said his citizens were being used as scapegoats and that uk border issues were down to failed policies. earlier, the policing minister chris philp was asked about the overcrowding at manston migrant centre.
We ve made a very substantial effort in the last seven days to reduce the number of people in the manston camp. i believe about 1,000 people, or slightly over 1,000 people have come out of that camp in the course of the last week, so there has been a very substantial reduction in numbers. in addition to that, there has been a lot of work done to improve the facilities and also build additional accommodation on that site. so, in the last seven days, we ve seen, i think, a very dramatic improvement in the circumstances there. from dover, our correspondent simonjones dover has the latest. another day and another ministerial visit here in dover. yesterday, suella braverman came here and spoke to border officers down there in the port. she wouldn t speak to the media though. today the immigration minister, robertjenrick is coming and also councillors and concerned residents. in terms of the crossing it has been pretty windy overnight, but we are only around 50 people