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HOME OFFICE policies intended to identify and release vulnerable people, including torture survivors, from immigration detention centres are “so ineffective, they are basically fictional,” according to a new report.
Safeguards exist to prevent the detention of vulnerable adults who would be at risk of harm if locked up, except in certain circumstances.
However, a report by the Medical Justice charity, published this week, finds the Home Office’s safeguarding mechanism to be “utterly and totally flawed.”
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