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Controversial private firms running migrant detention centres have been allowed to ‘monitor’ their own behaviour without anyone watching over them, writes STEVEN WALKER

THE government’s system for monitoring companies it pays to run migrant detention centres has been called into question after a year-long freedom of information battle won disclosure of confidential “self-audits.”

The documents reveal how contractors are paid according to their own monthly performance reports. The Home Office has refused to say if it scrutinises the data submitted by the companies.

The Home Office was forced to hand over the files to the campaigning group Corporate Watch after the Information Commissioner decided there was “a very strong public interest” in doing so.

  • Steven Walker is a Unicef Children’s Champion.
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