Archive: Immigration Detention Centres

Barnardo's takes on refugee role

Children's charity Barnardo's is going to take on a hand-on role in taking care of children of asylum seekers who are to be returned to their home country.

Damning new report condemns child detention

Human rights worry for immigrant children

MPs condemn "appalling" asylum policy

Clegg to give child detention update

Child detention continues under the coalition

Child detention could be phased out by the spring, a report has suggested.

Govt accused of climb down over child detention

Damian Green had previously cast doubt over the government's intention to end child detention

The Home Office is backtracking over comments made on Monday in the House of Commons by the immigration minister Damian Green which put the government's commitment to end child detention in doubt.

Immigration removal centre 'fundamentally unsafe'

Brook House was branded `fundamentally unsafe` by inspectors

An immigration removal centre has been branded "fundamentally unsafe" by the prison inspector.

Yarl's Wood human rights challenge at high court

Immigration removal centre 'breaches human rights', lawyers claim

Lawyers representing four women held at a holding centre for immigrants are taking their case to the high court today.

Damning new report condemns child detention

Detentions centres have been heavily criticised for their treatment of children in recent years.

The detention of children at immigration centres is distressing and harmful, according to the children's commission.

Failed asylum seekers 'bullied' out of Britain

Failed asylum seekers "intimidated" by UK staff

Security staff tasked with removing illegal immigrants from Britain have been criticised as "intimidating" by the chief inspector of prisons.

£1m migrant scheme helps 'one family'

Only one family returned home under govt scheme

A £1m government scheme to help unsuccessful asylum seekers to leave the UK helped only one family to return home.

Inspectors condemn immigration detention centre

Prison inspectors have launched a savage attack on Oakington immigration detention centre, saying detainees feel unsafe and victimised.

Human rights worry for immigrant children

Children face human rights risk in UK immigration system

Britain should do more to look after the "special needs" of children who arrive as asylum-seekers and immigrants, the EU's commissioner on human rights warned today.

Immigration detainees escape Oxford centre

Four detainees on the run after breakout from immigration removal centre in Oxford

Four detainees have escaped from an immigration removal centre in Oxford.

More removal centres announced

The new centres will increase capacity by 60 per cent

The UK Border Agency has announced a massive increase in the number of immigrant removal centres.

Govt puts positive light on asylum figures

Byrne: Tighter border controls reducing asylum applications

The number of failed asylum seekers removed from the country has fallen, the latest figures show.

Govt criticised for £28m 'abandoned' asylum centre

Home Office attacked for abandoned Bicester centre

The Home Office has been strongly criticised for spending £33 million on asylum centres which were never built.

Policy failings blamed for Campsfield escape

The government has been urged to review its policy of housing failed asylum seekers with foreign prisoners in the wake of the latest immigration mishap.

MPs condemn "appalling" asylum policy

MPs have robustly criticised the treatment of asylum seekers in the UK, concluding many applicants lack advice and support and the overall experience can be "inhuman and degrading".

ID cards for immigrants to strengthen UK security

Foreign nationals will be forced to carry ID cards, as part of new measures to strengthen border controls, the Home Office announced today.

New borders bill tightens grip on immigration

Tough new measures to track who is coming into the UK and ensure foreigners settling in the country are properly identified have been introduced by the government today.