Article 659QP GPS tagging migrants ‘psychological torture’, says report

GPS tagging migrants ‘psychological torture’, says report

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Diane Taylor
from World news | The Guardian on (#659QP)

Calls for GPS tagging to be abolished as report finds people left suicidal and stigmatised by the practice

Lawyers and charities have called for controversial electronic tagging of migrants to be scrapped, describing it in a new report as a form of psychological torture".

Tagging of people in the criminal justice system has been in place for years but it was only since August 2021 that a duty to monitor those on immigration bail facing deportation was introduced. GPS tagging, a more invasive form that can track people's every move including where they shop, worship and who they spend time with, was introduced in January.

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