Archive: Immigration Detention Centres

Comment: We're locking people up for the crime of being born outside the UK

Britain's use of detention centres is abusive, counter-productive and cripplingly expensive

The Mothers' Day death: What happened to Christine Case?

Who was Christine Case and how did she die?
Labour demands inquiry into Serco-run Yarl's Wood following woman's death

Labour has called for a joint inquiry into the death of a woman at Yarl's Wood immigration detention centre, ahead of a post-mortem tomorrow morning.

'An offence to liberty': Author Zadie Smiths lashes out at Yarl's Wood

Campaign against the detention of women in Yarl's Wood is endorsed by Zadie Smith, who brands the practice a "shame to any civilised nation"
Immigrant Stories: The nurse, the detention centre & the women with bruises

An occasional series of Immigrant Stories, shining a light on the people trapped in Britain's immigration system.

Harmondsworth exposed: The immigration detention centre where they handcuff people as they die

Terminally ill people have been handcuffed as they died in immigration detention centres, according to a devastating new report
Protesters gather outside Home Office demanding mercy for Isa Muazu

Theresa May must explain why up to £180,000 was wasted on a botched deportation attempt, the TaxPayers' Alliance said today.

Comment: Theresa May can't even get moral failure right

Theresa May has committed an act of barbarism with so little competence that it did not even succeed. SO why have no MPs asked about Isa Muazu?
May escapes Commons scrutiny despite botched Isa Muazu deportation

Theresa May once again escaped facing questions about her conduct in the Isa Muazu case today, despite a botched deportation attempt which cost the taxpayer up to £180,000.

'No competence or humanity': Labour breaks its silence on Isa Muazu deportation

Labour has issued a stinging attack on Theresa May following the failed deportation of hunger-striking asylum seeker Isa Muazu.
Sentenced to death? May deports starving man 'to make political point'

Theresa May was accused of allowing someone to die "to score a political point" today, after a starving asylum seeker was deported to Nigeria despite fears he might not survive the flight.

Isa Muazu: Campaigners pin hopes on last-minute injunction

Campaigners trying to prevent the deportation of Isa Muazu are pinning their hopes on a last minute court injunction which will be sought tonight, just hours before the Nigerian national is due to be returned to his home country.
Exclusive: Muazu's fate rests on rearguard legal defence

Lawyers were engaged in a frantic behind-the-scenes battle to save a Nigerian asylum seeker today, after a last-minute reprieve won him another two days in the UK.

Comment: The case that tells us what kind of country Britain is

He cannot stand or see, but this week we will deport Isa Muazu and dump him in Nigeria, where he fears being targeted by Islamic extremists.
Deadline for deportation: Home secretary must show mercy or 'consider her position'

A Liberal Democrat peer has urged Theresa May to show mercy to a Nigerian asylum seeker or "consider her position" if he is forcibly deported from the UK tomorrow night.

'In the name of justice and mercy': Bishop demands Theresa May cancels hunger strike deportation

Virgin airlines and Theresa May have been urged to cancel the deportation of an asylum seeker who is understood to be close to death, amid a last-ditch effort to stop the flight before it leaves tomorrow night.
Starving asylum seeker loses appeal against deportation

An asylum seeker who is thought to be on the verge of death will be deported later this week, after he lost his court appeal.

Hunger strike: Theresa May ignores appeals for mercy from MPs

Theresa May has failed to reply to a letter from over 40 MPs and peers calling on her to show mercy to an asylum seeker who is expected to die soon unless he is released from detention.
Home Office says man who hasn't eaten for 90 days 'is fit to fly'

An asylum seeker who has been on hunger strike for 90 days was today told he was 'fit to fly', suggesting plans are now under way to deport him.

Comment: As I write this, Isa Muazu fades away

There's still time for the Home Office to save this man's life.
Barnardo's takes on refugee role

Children's charity Barnardo's is going to take on a hand-on role in taking care of children of asylum seekers who are to be returned to their home country.

Clegg to give child detention update

Child detention could be phased out by the spring, a report has suggested.
Govt accused of climb down over child detention

The Home Office is backtracking over comments made on Monday in the House of Commons by the immigration minister Damian Green which put the government's commitment to end child detention in doubt.

Immigration removal centre 'fundamentally unsafe'

An immigration removal centre has been branded "fundamentally unsafe" by the prison inspector.
Yarl's Wood human rights challenge at high court

Lawyers representing four women held at a holding centre for immigrants are taking their case to the high court today.