The UK immigration authorities are not permitted to detain victims of torture. But what is torture? A human rights worker reflects on a recent high court judgement.
How we’ve managed to make protecting trafficking victims so complicated.
Officials who identify victims of trafficking are being judged by how many people they eject from Britain. Is that wise?
The UK immigration authorities routinely detain people who should not be detained, and ignore or dismiss medical evidence of torture. A joint report today from the Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency and HM Prisons Inspectorate urges the agency to stop breaking the law.
