Yarl's Wood: a disgrace
The government's policy at Yarl's Wood detention centre breaches the rights of the vulnerable women and children there
We are now in the third week of the women's hunger strike at the Yarl's Wood detention centre. While support for the protestors' cause grows by the hour, so too does the government's shame. For months on end, it has ignored the dedicated individuals working with immigration detainees and even its own children's commissioner, who have all been calling for fundamental and systemic change in the way it is detaining and treating immigrants (particularly children) at centres such as Yarl's Wood. The government's hopes that this silent minority's cause would not be championed in the run-up to a general election appear to have been misplaced.
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