Category: detention

Disabled people in immigration bail: the duties of the Home Office and local authorities – Local Government Lawyer

Posted February 20th, 2025 in bail, detention, disability discrimination, disabled persons, equality, government departments, housing, human rights, immigration, local government, news by tracey

‘The High Court has ruled that the Home Office has been systemically failing to provide safe and suitable accommodation to disabled applicants, and has given guidance on the interaction between Schedule 10 accommodation and the Care Act 2014. Stephanie Harrison KC, Nadia O’Mara and Isaac Ricca-Richardson analyse its findings.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 19th February 2025

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Home Office ordered to pay £100,000 to asylum seeker whose life it ‘grossly restricted’ – The Guardian

Posted February 7th, 2025 in asylum, damages, detention, families, government departments, human rights, immigration, news, Pakistan, visas by Lily

‘The Home Office must pay £100,000 to an asylum seeker who was unlawfully detained before her ability to work, buy food and socialise was “grossly restricted”, the high court has said.’

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The Guardian, 6th February 2025

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Woman with ‘distorted notion of revenge’ sentenced for stabbing transgender woman – The Guardian

Posted January 17th, 2025 in children, detention, grievous bodily harm, imprisonment, news, offensive weapons, sentencing, transgender persons, young offenders, young persons by sally

‘A woman who carried out a transphobic stabbing attack motivated by a “distorted notion of revenge” has been sentenced to more than eight years in youth detention.’

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The Guardian, 16th January 2025

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Mental Health Bill – Joint Committee on Human Rights call for evidence – Mental Capacity Law and Policy

Posted January 13th, 2025 in autism, bills, deprivation of liberty safeguards, detention, disabled persons, human rights, learning difficulties, mental health, news, select committees by sally

‘The Joint Committee on Human Rights is undertaking scrutiny of the Mental Health Bill to assess its compatibility with international and domestic human rights standards. The Committee has a call for evidence closing on 24 January 2025.’

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Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 12th January 2025

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Record numbers of children in England jailed many miles from their families – The Guardian

Posted January 6th, 2025 in children, criminal justice, detention, families, imprisonment, Ministry of Justice, news, statistics, young offenders, young persons by tracey

‘Vulnerable children are being jailed many miles from their families at record levels, a Guardian investigation has found, prompting warnings that the government is breaking the law.’

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The Guardian, 6th January 2025

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UK unlawfully detained migrants on Diego Garcia, judge finds – BBC News

Posted December 17th, 2024 in asylum, detention, Diego Garcia, immigration, news, Sri Lanka by tracey

‘Sri Lankan Tamil migrants were unlawfully detained for years on the remote British territory of Diego Garcia, a judge has ruled.’

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BBC News, 16th December 2024

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Providing support for children with complex needs – Local Government Lawyer

Posted December 16th, 2024 in autism, child abuse, children, consultations, detention, disabled persons, learning difficulties, local government, mental health, news by tracey

‘Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) examines a recent High Court case concerning the Mental Health Act, “detainability,” and judicial scrutiny (and the real underlying problems of children with complex needs).’

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Local Government Lawyer, 13th December 2024

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Man detained under Mental Health Act after two fatal stabbings in Manchester – The Guardian

Posted November 18th, 2024 in detention, mental health, murder, news by tracey

‘A man in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of a double murder after two men were fatally stabbed in Manchester. The 23-year-old suspect has been detained under the Mental Health Act after being assessed by medical professionals, Greater Manchester Police said on Sunday evening.’

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The Guardian, 17th November 2024

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Bill to ban police cell mental health detentions – BBC News

Posted November 6th, 2024 in bills, detention, mental health, news, police by tracey

‘Police will no longer be able to hold people who are being detained for mental health reasons in police cells, under government plans for England and Wales.’

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BBC News, 6th November 2024

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Migrant took own life after ‘multiple failings’ at UK detention centre – BBC News

Posted October 16th, 2024 in detention, government departments, immigration, inquests, mental health, news, suicide by sally

‘An inquest jury has found “multiple failings” and “missed opportunities” at an immigration detention centre contributed to a Colombian man taking his own life in 2023.’

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BBC News, 16th October 2024

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Calls for investigation of Uber Eats and Deliveroo after raid on Bristol caravan camp – The Guardian

Posted October 15th, 2024 in deportation, detention, forced labour, government departments, immigration, news, victims by tracey

‘Migrant workers living in a caravan encampment raided by immigration enforcement officers have accused the Home Office of targeting the victims of labour exploitation rather than companies profiting from the hidden economy.’

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The Guardian, 12th October 2024

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Children being traumatised at Gatwick deportation centre, finds watchdog – The Guardian

Posted October 11th, 2024 in asylum, children, deportation, detention, families, government departments, immigration, mental health, news, psychiatric damage by sally

‘Young children are being traumatised while held at a Gatwick airport deportation centre that should be closed down, a watchdog has found.’

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The Guardian, 11th October 2024

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Home Office ordered to pay over £203,995.24 in damages to Nigerian man – EIN Blog

Posted October 2nd, 2024 in compensation, damages, detention, government departments, human rights, immigration, news, psychiatric damage by tracey

‘Adegboyega v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 2365 (KB) (15 September 2024). In Mr Adegboyega’s case, the SSHD was ordered to pay over £203,995.24 in damages. A Nigerian national, Mr Adegboyega was unlawfully detained at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre for 88 days in 2017 despite having the right to remain in the UK as the spouse of an EEA national.’

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EIN Blog, 30th September 2024

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Albanian man taken from UK psychiatric ward to deportation flight – report – The Guardian

Posted July 25th, 2024 in deportation, detention, immigration, mental health, news, reports by sally

‘An Albanian man who was being held in a secure psychiatric unit was taken directly from his hospital bed to a Home Office deportation flight, a report has revealed.’

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The Guardian, 25th July 2024

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Inquiry into Greater Manchester police calls for end to inappropriate strip-searches – The Guardian

Posted July 18th, 2024 in detention, inquiries, news, police, stop and search by michael

‘The Baird report, which was commissioned by Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, and released on Thursday morning [18 July], examined 14 cases of 11 women and three men who had been treated unfairly by Greater Manchester police (GMP). It found wrongful arrests, a lack of care for domestic and sexual abuse survivors, and strip-searches being conducted forcefully on vulnerable women.’

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The Guardian, 18th July 2024

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UK warned over treating child asylum seekers crossing Channel in small boats as adults – The Independent

Posted July 10th, 2024 in asylum, children, detention, government departments, human rights, immigration, international law, news, refugees, United Nations by tracey

‘United Nations experts have warned Britain is at risk of breaching international law over allegations of child asylum seekers being placed in adult detention centres after crossing the Channel on small boats.’

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The Independent, 9th July 2024

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US blocks UK from holding court hearing in British territory Diego Garcia -The Guardian

Posted July 10th, 2024 in asylum, courts, detention, immigration, news, refugees by tracey

‘The US government has blocked the UK from holding a court hearing in one of its own territories, it emerged on Tuesday.’

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The Guardian, 9th July 2024

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Conditions at UK immigration removal centre ‘worst inspectors have seen’ – The Guardian

Posted July 9th, 2024 in detention, drug abuse, immigration, news, reports, suicide by sally

‘The prisons watchdog has described “truly shocking” conditions in an immigration removal centre close to Heathrow airport as the worst its inspectors had ever seen.’

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The Guardian, 9th July 2024

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Next government may face claims for compensation from Rwanda flight detainees – The Guardian

Posted June 14th, 2024 in asylum, bail, compensation, deportation, detention, government departments, immigration, mental health, news, Rwanda by sally

‘The next government could have to make costly payouts to dozens of asylum seekers detained for deportation to Rwanda, even if the Rwanda deal falls apart after the general election.’

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The Guardian, 13th June 2024

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Vulnerable children locked up and ‘gravely damaged by the state’, former top family judge warns – The Guardian

Posted June 11th, 2024 in children, deprivation of liberty safeguards, detention, judges, mental health, news by tracey

‘Vulnerable children with complex needs are being locked away in unregulated placements and are being “gravely damaged by the state” while their parents are driven to despair, according to England and Wales’s former top family judge. Sir James Munby terms the lack of provision of safe and therapeutic homes “a shocking moral failure”.’

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The Guardian, 9th June 2024

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