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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Bancroft

Migrants sexually harassed and injured in ‘unsafe’ Home Office detention centre

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Traumatised migrants at a Home Office detention centre have been sexually harassed, injured or detained for over a year in “unsafe” conditions, a shocking new report reveals.

Almost half (44 per cent) of those held at Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre near Bedford have had suicidal thoughts as long waits for immigration decisions drove them to depression, HM Inspectorate of Prisons found.

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