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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

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

The outside of the Heathrow immigration removal centre in Harmondsworth, West Drayton
The report found no use of force on a later flight carrying 32 detainees who had been collected from three removal centres including Harmondsworth. Photograph: Shutterstock

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.

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