HOME OFFICE policies intended to identify and release vulnerable people, including torture survivors, from immigration detention centres are “so ineffective, they are basically fictional,” according to a new report. 

Safeguards exist to prevent the detention of vulnerable adults who would be at risk of harm if locked up, except in certain circumstances. 

However, a report by the Medical Justice charity, published this week, finds the Home Office’s safeguarding mechanism to be “utterly and totally flawed.”