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Just 6% of vulnerable detainees released from UK immigration centres

February 9, 2019 By The Guardian

By Mark Townsend Home affairs editor

Freedom from Torture says keeping at-risk abuse survivors locked up is unacceptable

Only 6% of detainees classified as “vulnerable and at risk” after abuse including torture, sexual violence or trafficking were subsequently released from UK immigration centres, according to new data.

Annual government figures reveal that just 364 of 6,300 individuals who were identified by doctors and social workers as at particular risk of harm were subsequently allowed out of detention.

Related: MPs and peers call for end to indefinite detention

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