Dover MP Nathalie Elphicke said the attack on a migrant processing centre in her constituency is 'absolutely dreadful'
The items are thought to be being assessed by a bomb disposal team.
A group of people thought to be migrants at the migrant processing centre in Dover, Kent, following the incident.Footage shared on social media shows a fire at the gates of the immigration centre.Nathalie Elphicke, the Conservative MP for Dover, said the incident was "very shocking" but said tensions at the facility had been rising.
"We don't know the motivation of the individual concerned yet so I wouldn't want to speculate on that, but I think it is fair to say that tensions have been running high over the last period and indeed I've raised my concerns about that with the immigration minister earlier this week."