child detention

On Tuesday 26 October, a judicial review challenge to the Government’s family detention
policy reaches the High Court in London. The Claimants – two single mothers and their
young children – are seeking an order declaring the Government’s family detention
policy unlawful.

In May 2010, the Coalition Government announced that it would end the detention of children
for immigration purposes, a practice that the Deputy Prime Minister described as “a moral
outrage”. Five months on, children continue to be held at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal
Centre for indeterminate periods in prison-like conditions, the Government’s plans having stalled
and been watered down. Continue reading “Judicial review challenge to the Government’s family detention policy”