Demonstrators at a removal centre at Gatwick protest against plans to send migrants to Rwanda, June 12, 2022
AN INVESTIGATION into the treatment of immigrants and asylum-seekers by private custody staff in immigration custody centres has exposed a catalogue of racism, excessive force and violence.
In one instance, a mentally unwell 14-year-old boy who had crossed the Channel was kicked in the head.
Another 14-year-old boy was repeatedly kneed in the head.
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
Despite Labour’s promises to bring things ‘in-house,’ the Justice Secretary has awarded notorious outsourcing outfit Mitie a £329 million contract to run a new prison — despite its track record of abuse and neglect in its migrant facilities, reports SOLOMON HUGHES
