Detention under scrutiny

The Joint Committee on Human Rights has announced a new series of inquiries into the UK’s immigration detention system and its compliance with human rights, following on from the Windrush scandal. Multiple concerns have been raised regarding ‘inhuman and degrading’ treatment, as well as the lack of mechanisms through which a detainee may challenge their detention, which can be continued indefinitely under the present framework. The Committee is now seeking evidence on areas in which the current system is failing; interested parties may provide submissions of up to 1,500 words before 7 September 2018, via this link.