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Refugee Council response to first quarterly asylum statistics for 2010 published today Refugee Council, 28 May 2010 In response to the publication of the first quarterly asylum stats for 2010, Donna Covey, Chief Executive of the Refugee Council said: “Initial decision making in the asylum system continues to give cause for concern, with 27% of [...]

Press Release Tuesday 11 MAY 1.30PM At Serco’s annual meeting in London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall this morning Dr Frank Arnold, torture scars expert and Serco shareholder asked the following question: ‘Serco is expanding its activities in Healthcare to include NHS hospital management, polyclinics and GP services. At the same time, the company is receiving serious [...]

Source: www.childm.org.uk Child M and his family were released from detention yesterday evening after 3 weeks in Yarl’s Wood. No reason has been given for their release. They are now back in Manchester. A massive thank you to everyone who’s helped in the past few weeks from all of us involved in the Child M [...]

Emergency At 8am on Tuesday 17th November Child M, his older brother and their mother were detained by 8 immigration officers at their home in Manchester. They were locked in a secure van and taken to Yarls Wood Immigration Removal Centre. The family were told that they would be placed on a flight to Tehran [...]