United Nations inspectors have been drafted into UK prisons and detention centres amid concerns over conditions and treatment of inmates. The members of the UN subcommittee for the Prevention of
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The Home Office risks repeating the mistakes of the Windrush scandal unless it overhauls its systems, a charity has reportedly claimed. The Freedom from Torture (FFT) charity said it has
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Allowing migrants to claim asylum for the UK from France would stop the surge in perilous Channel crossings, according to a charity. Care4Calais thinks UK officials setting up a kiosk
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A father of three was arrested and deported from Dublin Airport while attempting to visit his children in the UK. Ryan Volrath, an American citizen who currently lives in Wisconsin,
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Campaigners have called on the Government to make public data on victims of human trafficking and slavery being held in immigration detention centres to stop people who need support “slipping
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A Home Office-chartered deportation flight is lacking “common decency” towards detainees who were restrained for up to 14 hours and refused privacy while using a toilet, an inspection has warned.
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The Home Office has failed in a bid to challenge a High Court ruling over the terms of an investigation into alleged abuse at a scandal-hit immigration detention centre. Two
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The Government has rejected calls for a time limit on immigration detention as an MP said Home Office detention is “arbitrary” and “unfair”. Harriet Harman, chairwoman of the Human Rights
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Forced evictions of unsuccessful asylum seekers have been condemned as “regrettable and harsh” by the Archbishop of Glasgow. Philip Tartaglia (pictured) accused the UK Government of “bringing indignity and suffering
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Victims of human traffickers face the risk of further exploitation after they have been rescued due to a lack of support in the UK, according to three charities which work
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