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Figures on self-harm in UK immigration detention between July and September 2009 inclusive, under the following headings: 1) Number of incidents of self-harm requiring medical treatment (total: 56) 2) Number of individuals on formal self-harm at risk. (total: 444) For tables including breakdown by detention centre, click here to

Two new research reports from the mental health charity Mind provide evidence of what many working with refugees have known for years: that the UK asylum process is a heartless, cruel system that both exacerbates pre-existing mental ill-health and triggers it in the first place. Restrictive policies on healthcare, education, accommodation and employment are having [...]