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Home Office runs ‘institutionalised forced labour regime’ in detention centres, TUC warns

PAYING migrants just £1 an hour to work in detention centres is an “institutionalised forced labour regime,” a leading trade unionist has warned.

TUC race equalities officer Wilf Sullivan made the comments in an interview with the Morning Star before the Black Workers’ Conference at Congress House today.

“We take the view that everyone in employment should be paid at least the minimum wage,” Mr Sullivan said.

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