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Immigration Bill amendment could scrap ‘inhumane’ and ‘cruel’ practice of indefinite detention
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.
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