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Sir Roger James Gale is a British politician who has served as the member of Parliament for North Thanet since 1983. He had a career in journalism and broadcasting from 1964, around the same time as he joined the Conservative Party, until 1983. He was knighted in 2012.

Hotel for migrants in wrong place, says North Devon Council

Hotel for migrants in wrong place, says North Devon Council
Nov 4,2022 2:41 pm

... It comes as Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been criticised over the There are thousands of migrants at the camp, which local Conservative MP Roger Gale said had been " overwhelmed"...

Manston migrant centre like a zoo, says asylum seeker

Manston migrant centre like a zoo, says asylum seeker
Nov 2,2022 12:40 am

... Several hundred asylum seekers were relocated from the Manston centre on Tuesday, according to local Conservative MP Sir Roger Gale...

UK is compassionate, says PM after Suella Braverman invasion row

UK is compassionate, says PM after Suella Braverman invasion row
Nov 1,2022 12:31 pm

... Conservative MP Sir Roger Gale, who represents North Thanet, where the Manston centre is located, said using such " inflammatory language" was " completely unacceptable" and " might well incite an unpleasant element in British society to violence"...

Suella Braverman challenges critics to oust her in asylum row

Suella Braverman challenges critics to oust her in asylum row
Oct 31,2022 2:41 pm

... Sir Roger Gale, one of the Tory MPs in Kent, said the situation in Manston was " wholly unacceptable" and suggested it may have " developed deliberately"...

Manston migrant centre: What are the problems?

Manston migrant centre: What are the problems?
Oct 31,2022 11:31 am

... There are now thousands of migrants at the camp and local Conservative MP Roger Gale says " it is overwhelmed and it is wholly unacceptable...

Ministers face questions as migrant crisis worsens

Ministers face questions as migrant crisis worsens
Oct 31,2022 12:10 am

... Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick and Tory MP Sir Roger Gale visited the Manston centre on Sunday to discuss solutions to ease pressure on the site...

Partygate: Who are the Tory MPs calling on Boris Johnson to go?

Partygate: Who are the Tory MPs calling on Boris Johnson to go?
Jun 6,2022 4:50 pm

... Roger Gale Constituency: North Thanet Majority: 17,189 First elected: 1983 A consistent critic of Boris Johnson, Roger Gale voted against the government s plans to break international law during the EU Trade deal negotiations in 2020...

Partygate: Met facing questions over PM photos

Partygate: Met facing questions over PM photos
May 24,2022 6:20 am

... The peer and former leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson, said the prime minister s position was untenable, while veteran Tory MP Sir Roger Gale said the new images were " damning" and suggested Mr Johnson should quit...

Ministers face questions as migrant crisis worsens

Mar 10,2022 7:27 am

By Andre Rhoden-Paul & Aoife WalshBBC News

Suella Braverman is Under Pressure to answer questions about worsening conditions at a migrant processing centre in Kent said to be overcrowded.

The home secretary faces demands from Labour and a senior Tory MP to address The Commons over The Situation at The Site in Manston.

Hundreds of people were moved there on Sunday after a fire attack at a separate migrant facility in Dover.

The government said it was controlling immigration and deterring traffickers.

Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick and Tory MP Sir Roger Gale visited the Manston centre on Sunday to discuss solutions to ease pressure on The Site .

Sir Roger raised concerns over reports that Ms Braverman decided against moving more migrants to nearby hotels.

Speaking to Bbc South East, Sir Roger said it was " wrong" for Ms Braverman not to commission more hotel rooms, and said it was causing a backlog.

He Said he had been assured 650 migrants would be moved of Manston and into hotels or temporary accommodation This Week .

Sir Roger and Labour MPs want the home secretary to answer MPs' questions about this in The House of Commons later.

Ms Braverman described Sunday's fire attack in Dover, in which Two People were hurt, as " distressing". The Suspect .

Concerns over the conditions facing migrants at Manston came as dozens of charities called for a " kind and effective system" for migrants.

An open letter to Ms Braverman - Signed by charities including Christian Aid and Save The Children - urged safer routes for people to come to the UK.

It said: " You have referred to This Country 's proud history of offering sanctuary, so we ask you to make this happen with a fair, kind and effective system for refugees.

" Deal with the backlog in asylum cases, create safe routes, respect International Law , and the UN convention on refugees, and give refugees a fair hearing, however they get here. Then you would have really done something worth dreaming about. "

'Really dangerous'

Nearly, according to the government.

Last week, independent border inspector David Neal told MPs at Manston, a short-term holding facility where migrants were only meant to spend a few hours.

Sir Roger said about 4,000 migrants are currently housed at the former Royal Air Force base, which was designed to process up to 1,000. Some had been there five weeks, Sir Roger said.

So Far this year 39,430 people have made the Dangerous Journey from France on small boats.

The UK is spending almost £7m A Day on hotels for asylum Seekers - and the cost is likely to rise,

The government has said in the year ending June 2022, there were 63,089 asylum applications, 77% More Than in 2019.

The Guardian there were now at least eight cases of diphtheria and a case of MRSA at Manston.

Labour's shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper told Bbc One 's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme the government needed to " overhaul the whole system".

She Said : " We need a new agreement in place with France around the Channel crossings, and we need a significant increase in the activities of The National Crime Agency because we've got a proliferation of Criminal Activities in the Channel that has increased in the couple of years. "

A Home Office spokesperson said: " The UK has a proud history of providing protection for those who genuinely need it through our safe and legal routes, recently welcoming hundreds of thousands of people from Hong Kong , Afghanistan and Ukraine.

" The Public rightly expects us to control immigration, at a time when The Number of people arriving in the UK via small boats has reached record levels, placing pressure on the asylum system and stretching our capacity to support those in need.

" We Are using every tool at our disposal to deter illegal migration, disrupt The Business model of people smugglers and relocate to Rwanda, those with no right to be in the UK. "

Ms Braverman is also expected that led her to resign under Liz Truss 's cabinet on 19 October.

She was reappointed by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak , Who Said she had accepted she made a mistake, last week.



Source of news: bbc.com

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