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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

Self-harm incident nearly every day in UK immigration detention, data shows

Heathrow immigration removal centre
Heathrow immigration removal centre recorded 1,093 cases over the nearly six-year period. Photograph: Mark Kerrison/Alamy

There has been a self-harm incident or suicide attempt requiring medical treatment almost every day on average over the last nearly six years across the Home Office’s largest immigration detention centres, the Guardian has learned.

Data obtained from the Home Office by the Scottish Refugee Council using freedom of information laws and shared with the Guardian provides information about self-harm incidents requiring medical treatment over the period from January 2018 until 30 September this year.

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