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fromwww.independent.co.uk
11 hours ago

Migrants pepper-sprayed at UK detention centre amid rising unrest, report reveals

Violence and unrest at Brook House immigration detention centre surged in 2024, leading to pepper-spray incidents, specialist squad deployments, and increased drug use and protests.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Vulnerable migrants routinely handcuffed and detained for hours, damning report finds

Vulnerable migrants held in UK detention centres are routinely being handcuffed, with some detained for hours, a damning report has found. Examples of unnecessary force included a 70-year-old small and frail man being handcuffed during a hospital visit, despite having no history of being disruptive, and another man subjected to rigid bar cuffs, a waist-restraint belt, as well as thigh and ankle restraints, for over four and a half hours.
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