Free the Yarl's Wood child detainees
The brightly decorated walls of a new school in the immigration removal centre can't hide the razor wire reality
A select group of dignitaries was invited to "celebrate the achievements" of a new school inside Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre in Bedfordshire on 20 November. According to the invitation, those in attendance would be given the opportunity to "enjoy a taste of some of the creativity and vibrancy which is very much part of our community". Like most other educational environments in the UK, the Yarl's Wood school had begun a new term in September. One big difference, however, is that the children in this school are all held against their will, for the purposes of immigration and asylum policy, having committed no crime.
Roughly 1,000 children a year are locked up in Britain's detention estates without judicial oversight, and with no time limit. The majority are held in Yarl's Wood. Many of these children share a special bond in that they arrive at their new school having been snatched, along with their parents, in dawn raids.
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
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