Detention centre watchdog's independence ‘compromised’ by Home Office staff
A SUPPOSEDLY independent watchdog that monitors Britain’s immigration detention centres faced heavy criticism today after it emerged that the organisation’s clerks are Home Office staff.
The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) describes itself as “a group of ordinary members of the public.”
Its unpaid members have “unrestricted access” to detention centres and can talk to any detainee at any time “out of sight and hearing of members of staff if necessary.”
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