It has been revealed in Parliament that over 100 overseas nationals are on the run across the United Kingdom after breaking out from immigration detention centres.
Since 2006 there have been some 150 escapes by inmates from secure detention centres in Britain that are charged with holding foreign national prisoners and illegal immigrants. Of this total [...]

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Immigration Minister Phil Woolas boldly declared that deaths would be the result if detention centres such as Dungavel were closed. Woolas said yesterday that such closures would mean that families and children would end up dead aboard lorries in Calais through the bolstering of the international human trafficking trade.
The Minister stated that this was the [...]

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An MSP from Glasgow has complained to the UK Immigration Minister over the forced detention of a Malawian mother and daughter at the Dungavel detention centre in Lanarkshire.
Following a rotine immigration investigation mother Florence and daughter Precious Mhango were transported to the controversial Scottish detention centre. The pair had been residing in Britain for the [...]

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A study by a team of doctors at the Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre has revealed that children exposed to prolonged detention in UK immigration centres are at a high risk of developing serious mental and physical health problems.
In what is believed to be the first study of its kind the evidence is clear that [...]

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A man from Cameroon named Penda Youdjeu is claiming he was assaulted by seven guards who were working for the UK Border Agency.  Youdjeu came to Britain and wanted to enlist with the Royal Navy in 2005.  After briefly traveling to Sweden Youdjeu returned to Britain where he was arrested for carrying documents that were [...]

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