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Campaigners hit out at Home Office's ‘cruel and unnecessary’ decision to send female asylum-seekers to a remote detention centre
A vigil outside the gates of Derwentside, a new women’s detention centre in County Durham
CAMPAIGNERS have raised concerns about a Home Office decision to send female asylum-seekers to a remote detention centre in Co Durham.
The government will start moving women to the new Derwentside immigration detention centre near Consett this week, despite previous promises to reduce the number of vulnerable individuals being held.
Research shows that the majority of women in immigration detention are survivors of serious human rights abuses, including torture, rape and trafficking.
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