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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rajeev Syal and Diane Taylor

Braverman stopped immigration centre inspections despite safeguarding warnings

Home secretary Suella Braverman arriving at Downing Street.
The home secretary, Suella Braverman, halted annual inspection of centres shortly after receiving warnings about ‘vulnerable detainees’. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA

Suella Braverman halted annual inspections of immigration detention centres such as Brook House last year, shortly after ministers received direct warnings that vulnerable people including torture victims had been left unprotected, the immigration watchdog has disclosed.

In an article for the Guardian, David Neal, the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration (ICIBI), said the home secretary stopped his annual review of “adults at risk” held in removal centres last September.

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