Labour promises to ban indefinite detention of immigrants
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10:29 27/03/2015
The Labour Party has vowed to bring in time limits and ban the indefinite detention of asylum seekers and immigrants in detention centres, if they come into power after the 7 May 2015 General...
Home Office Investigation into UK Immigration Detention Centres
9:48 10/02/2015
UK Home Secretary, Theresa May, has announced that there will be a fresh investigation into the treatment and welfare of detainees held in immigration removal centres amid reports of ongoing abuse...
Immigration policy moves to centre stage in US election campaign
17:46 24/08/2012
An advisor to Mitt Romney has launched a lawsuit attacking President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme, thereby making illegal immigration a hot election issue. Kris...
Report claims that UK Immigration detaining children in "degrading" conditions
12:14 15/05/2012
The UK Border Agency has been accused of detaining immigrant children in "degrading and disgraceful" conditions at Heathrow airport, according to an official watchdog, the Heathrow independent...
New recommendations made for Australia's immigration detention system
17:38 04/04/2012
A new report proposes an overhaul to Australia's immigration detention process, recommending that refugee applications be processed within 90 days or the immigration minister forced to explain the...
Inspection Report published for UK immigration visa processing in New York
19:52 10/01/2012
A recent report from the Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency (UKBA), John Vine, looked at UK visas processing in New York. According to the report, more than three in five decisions...
