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Court rejects call to release hundreds of detainees
However, Detention Action says the ‘battle is not over’
CAMPAIGNERS against immigration detention said that the “battle was not over” today after the High Court rejected a call for the immediate release of people amid the coronavirus crisis.
On Wednesday evening Dame Victoria Sharp, sitting with Mr Justice Swift, claimed that the detention system “remains compatible” with obligations to provide a safe environment in removal centres.
The ruling was made despite warnings that removal centres provide “perfect incubators” for Covid-19.
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