The former prisons Ombudsman Stephen Shaw has urged ministers to reduce immigration detention “boldly and without delay”.
One consequence of proposed cuts to legal aid is that children trying to prove they have been trafficked will be denied legal assistance.
Theresa May will face questions about why up to £180,000 was spent on a failed deportation.
Britain deported asylum-seeker Isa Muazu to Nigeria in the early hours of Friday morning, 29 November. So ends the UK's reputation "as a country with humane, civilised, just policies and government", says Liberal Democrat Peer John Roberts.