The British Ministry of the Interior said on Saturday that a refugee who arrived in the United Kingdom about a week ago on a small boat died at the Manston Refugee Detention Center in Kent, in the south of the country, after he contracted a disease during his detention and was transferred to the hospital, where he died there.

And the British newspaper (The Guardian), which reported the news - quoting a spokesman for the ministry - confirmed that a person residing in Manston died on Saturday morning in the hospital "after he fell ill" on Friday evening, that is, about a week after his arrival in Britain on November 12. This November.

The Manston centre, which provides temporary accommodation for people arriving in Britain on small boats while they are going through the ongoing legal procedures, was described last October as "catastrophically overcrowded".

This center can accommodate a thousand refugees, with a maximum of 1,600 people, and a series of scandals have been raised about it in the recent period, such as reports of infectious diseases inside it, such as diphtheria, and the involvement of its guards in selling medicines to asylum seekers, and the abandonment of stranded newcomers. Central London.

Commenting on the death, the British Home Office said it "takes the safety and well-being of those in its care very seriously and provides 24/7 health facilities with qualified medical staff in Manston."

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said a "full investigation" would be needed, and she wrote on Twitter: "My deepest condolences to the family and friends of the man who died after staying at Manston... There will of course be a need for a full investigation into this tragic case."

Inquest, a charity that provides expertise in state-related deaths, has also called for an independent investigation. "It seemed like it was only a matter of time before a death like this could happen in a completely enclosed facility like this," said Deborah Coles, the charity's director.

It is noteworthy that the Manston Center, which was a former military base in Kent, opened as a center to receive and process new refugee issues last February, after the growing number of migrants arriving in the United Kingdom in small boats.

Migrants are held there for short periods and undergo security and identity checks.