A controversial immigration processing centre hit with a series of issues surrounding overcrowding, "inhumane" conditions and disease has reportedly been cleared of asylum seekers.

All people being held at the detention site at Manston have been moved to new accommodation, reports The Guardian, with the government believed to have bought space in hotels.

It comes after a host of concerns about the facility, which has struggled to cope with an influx of asylum seekers in recent weeks.

Fears have been raised about cramped conditions, infectious diseases including diphtheria, overcrowding and outbursts of violence, with life inside being described as "inhumane".

Last week, a man being held at the centre died in hospital, prompting calls from support groups for urgent action to overhaul the immigration system.

Asylum seekers are meant to be at Manston for only short periods of time while undergoing security and identity checks, before being moved to the Home Office’s asylum accommodation.

But some people have been held for longer periods due to a lack of alternative accommodation.

The site is designed to hold 1,600 asylum seekers, but at one stage, the number of people there rose to 4,000.

It came after many were moved from a site in Dover following a firebomb attack on that facility.

Protesters have staged several demonstrations outside calling for the centre to be closed down, while Home Secretary Suella Braverman and Immigration minister Robert Jenrick have both visited.

People have described being infected with scabies in overcrowded tents while being forced to sleep on the floor and on chairs at the under-fire facility.

The poor state of the centre was highlighted earlier this month when a young girl threw a message in a bottle over the perimeter fence to a PA news agency photographer.

In the note, the child begged for help, compared the site to a prison and suggested 50 families had been held there for more than 30 days.

Attempts have been made to contact the Home Office for comment.