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A KEY victory for infamous detention centre Yarl’s Wood’s longest-serving inmate was celebrated yesterday after an 11th-hour Home Office decision saw her deportation flight cancelled, raising hopes for her release.
Mabel Gawanas had been expected to be put on a plane to Namibia last night, despite having an underage British daughter and several health problems.
But following a judicial review penned by Ms Gawanas herself, her extradition was postponed.
Calls have been made for the return to Venezuela of a two-year-old girl currently being held in the US, after being separated from her family by immigration officials, reports SUSAN GREY
The announcement of a Women’s Justice Board should be cautiously welcomed, writes SABINA PRICE, but we need to see a recognition that our prison system is in crisis and disproportionately punishes some of the most vulnerable people in society
Government accused of scapegoating ethnic minorities after Home Office reveals plan to publish the nationalities of foreign criminals
