CORONAVIRUS cases have been found in three separate detention centres, lawyers and campaigners fighting for the release of detainees reported today. 

At a hearing in the High Court, charity Detention Action went ahead with a legal challenge against the government demanding the immediate release of detainees from immigration removal centres (IRCs). 

The group’s barrister, Chris Buttler, told the London court that three centres now housed detainees showing symptoms of Covid-19.