The UK government has said it will offer vaccinations against diphtheria to all newly arrived illegal immigrants at the Manston processing centre in Kent, after confirming a detainee who died last week had tested positive for the illness.
The Home Office said the man—who had reportedly arrived in the UK on Nov. 12 after crossing the English Channel illegally on a small boat—died in the hospital on Nov. 19 after “becoming unwell” in the temporary holding facility for illegal immigrants.
