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.
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