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| Reports of petrol bombs thrown at migrant centre | Reports of petrol bombs thrown at migrant centre |
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| Migrants were at the immigration centre following the incident in Dover | |
| Emergency services are at the Border Force migrant processing centre in Dover, Kent, after a Reuters witness says a man threw petrol bombs before killing himself. | Emergency services are at the Border Force migrant processing centre in Dover, Kent, after a Reuters witness says a man threw petrol bombs before killing himself. |
| Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to the incident in Dover at about 11:25 GMT, and a fire was put out. | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to the incident in Dover at about 11:25 GMT, and a fire was put out. |
| The man drove up to the centre and threw three petrol bombs, one of which did not go off, Reuters reported. | The man drove up to the centre and threw three petrol bombs, one of which did not go off, Reuters reported. |
| The agency said he drove to a nearby petrol station where he killed himself. | The agency said he drove to a nearby petrol station where he killed himself. |
| Emergency services were called to the scene at about 11:25 GMT | |
| South East Coast Ambulance Service confirmed they also attended the incident. | |
| Nathalie Elphicke, the Conservative MP for Dover, said she was "deeply shocked". | |
| I am deeply shocked by the incident in Dover today. I have spoken to the immigration minister about the situation. My thoughts are with everyone involved. | |
| A Home Office spokeswoman said: "We are aware of an incident at Western Jet Foil, Dover and police are in attendance. | |
| "It would not be appropriate to comment further at this stage." | |
| Kent Police has been contacted for comment. | |
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