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MP committee concludes that UK government has totally failed on immigration detention
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An all-party parliamentary committee reported on 21 March that the UK Home Office is “careless and cavalier” in its approach towards UK immigration. This has resulted in a number of immigrants...

 being detained wrongfully. About the report on migrant detentions in the UK  The report from the Home Affairs Select Committee stated there were very serious failings in just about all areas of the UK’s...

Home Office 'reckless' with detainment
By Richmond Chambers -

The Home Affairs Select Committee have released a highly critical report into the detention of immigrants as managed by the Home Office. They state that the government department has a ‘reckless’ attitude...

 towards the detainment of immigrants and that this has led to people being wrongfully detained. The report found that there are issues with almost every part of the detention process and that the Home...

How UK immigration detention compares to other countries
By Richmond Chambers -

A recent news story in The Guardian highlighted just how UK immigration detention compares to detention in Europe and elsewhere in the world. It may be surprising to learn the UK is the only EU member...

 state not to place limits on the amount of time people can be kept in detention. The UK’s immigration detention system is one of the largest in Europe, although countries like Australia and the United States...

Home Office inquiry launched into conditions of UK detention centres
By Richmond Chambers -

The Home Office is to launch an investigation into allegations of abuse and mistreatment by immigration detention centre staff across the country following legal challenges from human rights groups. Allegations...

 have been made that guards in immigration detention centres are physically and/or verbally abusing detainees and that the needs of vulnerable people are being overlooked or mishandled by staff. One of the...

Red Cross calls for end to indefinite detention in UK immigration system
By Richmond Chambers -

The British Red Cross has become the first major charity to call for an overhaul of the UK immigration detention system, with proposed policy changes including a 28 day maximum detention time for migrants and asylum...

 seekers. Figures obtained by the charity via freedom of information requests showed that of the asylum seekers who were released from detention in 2016 – some 14,733 people – a shocking 42% had been...

BMA report on health-related human rights of detained individuals
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

British Medical Association: Locked up, locked out: health and human rights in immigration detention, a recently published report “explores the role of doctors in protecting and promoting the...

 health-related human rights of detained individuals”.  You can download a copy to read from the BMA website.   The aim of the report is to provide guidance for Doctors and practitioners working in immigration removal...

Independent Review of Welfare in Detention
By Richmond Chambers -

An independent review of policies and procedures affecting the welfare of those held in immigration removal centres has been announced by the Home Secretary. The purpose of the review is to identify whether improvements...

 can be made to safeguard the health and wellbeing of detainees, and those being escorted in the UK. It will be led by Stephen Shaw CBE, a former Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and...

Immigration detention casework comes under fire
By Richmond Chambers -

The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has received some criticism for its handling of immigration detention casework, with a recently published report calling for improvements to the process to ensure that people are not...

 detained for any longer than necessary. Immigration detention inspection John Vine, Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) and Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, published the report...

Concerns over immigration detention of children
By Richmond Chambers -

A children's charity has raised concerns over the numbers of children being held in immigration detention. According to The Children's Society, 697 children were held at all Greater London...

 and South East ports between May and the end of August 2011. Almost one third were unaccompanied children. This could mean as many as 2,000 children could be detained each year.

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