‘The “#inhumane” treatment of #migrants rounded up in a “futile” operation for the now scrapped #Rwanda scheme, has been laid bare in testimonies from #HomeOffice staff that reveal force was used against distressed detainees.'

'Home Office accounts show the department paid out £56.8m in compensation for more than 2,700 wrongful detentions in the five years before the Rwanda raids.'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/14/revealed-inhumane-treatment-of-migrants-uk-failed-rwanda-plan-laid-bare
#ToryInhumanity #ToryWaste #ToryLegacy

‘Inhumane’ treatment of migrants rounded up in UK’s failed Rwanda plan revealed

Testimonies from Home Office and security staff show repeated use of force on distressed detainees

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''Worrying deterioration in #safety’ at #UKImmigration removal centres, warns #ChiefInspectorOfPrisons [for #England & # Wales Prisons in #Scotland are devolved, but IRCs are not...]'
All eight main detention centres in the UK have been found to have the most serious categories of failings'

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/04/worrying-deterioration-in-safety-at-uk-immigration-removal-centres-warns-chief-inspector-of-prisons
#ToryLegacy #ToryInhumanity #Immigration

‘Worrying deterioration in safety’ at UK immigration removal centres, warns chief inspector of prisons

All eight main detention centres in the UK have been found to have the most serious categories of failings

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Children missing from Home Office hotels likely to have been trafficked, report finds

Exclusive: Findings spark new calls for public inquiry into ‘scandal’ of missing migrant children in UK

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Patients left in pain and to die alone amid NHS nurse shortages, survey finds

Only a third of shifts have enough nurses on duty, the Royal College of Nursing says its analysis shows

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Next government may face claims for compensation from Rwanda flight detainees

Legal actions seek payouts for asylum seekers locked up for weeks without immediate plan for deportation

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Vulnerable #children with complex needs are being locked away in unregulated placements and are being “gravely damaged by the state” while their parents are driven to despair, according to #England’s former top family judge. #SirJamesMunby terms the lack of provision of safe and therapeutic homes “a shocking moral failure”. https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/09/locking-vulnerable-children-up-moral-failure-says-england-top-family-judge-james-munby
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryInhumanity #GE2024
Vulnerable children locked up and ‘gravely damaged by the state’, former top family judge warns

Sir James Munby says measure reflects government’s ‘shocking moral failure’ to help those in England and Wales with complex needs

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Suicide-risk children refused places on NHS England waiting lists as services overwhelmed

Teachers warn families hitting ‘brick wall’ when trying to get help for children

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'#InfanMortality is rising and births are plummeting. This is the legacy of 14 years of #ToryCruelty

Grim figures show that #children in #poverty are dying needlessly. We desperately need a government that puts them first'

'#NuffieldFoundation reported in 2021 that #Britain’s rate of infant deaths was 30% above the median across #EU countries.'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/07/infant-mortality-births-children-tory-government
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryInhumanity #GE2024

Infant mortality is rising and births are plummeting. This is the legacy of 14 years of Tory cruelty

Grim figures show that children in poverty are dying needlessly. We desperately need a government that puts them first, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Rise in hospital ‘corridor care’ is national emergency, union warns

Royal College of Nursing says overcrowding is forcing practice that puts patients at serious risk

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#RishiSunak’s #Rwanda admission sparks legal action from detained #AsylumSeekers

'...as recently as Tuesday, the #HomeOffice’s lawyers were fighting legal challenges from detained asylum seekers on the basis that flights to Rwanda were “imminent” and “progressing”, despite the government legal department telling the #HighCourt on the same day that there would be no flights before the election.'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/01/rishi-sunaks-rwanda-admission-sparks-legal-action-from-detained-asylum-seekers
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryLies #ToryInhumanity #GE2024

Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda admission sparks legal action from detained asylum seekers

Migrants seek redress for ‘immense distress’ from deportations now thrown into chaos by election announcement

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