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A general view of D Wing at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre
THE “inhumane” and “cruel” practice of indefinite detention could be scrapped if MPs vote for an amendment to the Immigration Bill, which returns to the Commons tomorrow.
Former Tory Cabinet ministers David Davis and Andrew Mitchell are pushing for an amendment to the Bill which aims to introduce a detention time limit of 28 days.
Under current laws detainees can be held in removal centres indefinitely — a practice that does not exist in any other country in Europe.
DIANE ABBOTT MP argues that Labour’s proposals contained in the recent white paper won’t actually bring down immigration numbers or win support from Reform voters — but they will succeed in making politics more nasty and poisonous
The left must avoid shouting ‘racist’ and explain that the socialist alternative would benefit all
