Asylum seekers removed from UK in waist and leg restraints, report finds

Inspection reveals use of force after protest by detainees being deported under one in, one out' scheme

Asylum seekers who protested against being forcibly removed to France under the Home Office's controversial one in, one out" scheme, were transported out of the UK in waist and leg restraints, an inspection report has revealed.

The report by the chief inspector of prisons for England and Wales, Charlie Taylor, inspected a flight to France that took place on 20-21 January this year and on which it found no force was used.