‘Worrying deterioration in safety’ at UK immigration removal centres, warns chief inspector of prisons

All eight main detention centres in the UK have been found to have the most serious categories of failings

The chief inspector of prisons has warned that the safety of immigration removal centres across the country is deteriorating and that the government's use of them is potentially traumatising vulnerable migrants.

Charlie Taylor said the worrying deterioration in safety" at sites like Harmondsworth and Yarl's Wood was a major cause for concern".