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Handcuffs, hallucinations and riot squads: Inside the UK’s most notorious immigration detention centre

SPECIAL REPORT: Brook House near Gatwick airport was the subject of an independent inquiry after G4S guards were filmed abusing detainees in 2017. Now, The Independent has obtained stark written accounts from officers at the site that reveal chaotic conditions in which restraint and force are being used against vulnerable…

The Independent UK · Jan 28

UK’s ‘one in, one out’ scheme has failed to protect torture survivors, says charity

Medical Justice report finds Home Office approach has led to ‘near total disregard for identified vulnerabilities’

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19

Home Office fails to protect vulnerable migrants, high court judge rules

Judgement finds systems designed to protect against inhuman and degrading treatment ‘unlawfully’ failing for years

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2025

Maintenance failures sparked Heathrow detention centre disturbances, FoI reveals

Freedom of information responses reveal damning findings of internal investigations into power cuts at Harmondsworth in 2022

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2023

Michael Nelki obituary

Other lives: Family doctor involved with several charities including Medical Justice, writing medicolegal reports for people seeking asylum

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2022

Home Office was told Rwanda policy was making asylum seekers feel suicidal

Accommodation providers told officials of increase in people threatening to harm themselves, minutes of meeting show

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022

GPS tagging migrants ‘psychological torture’, says report

Calls for GPS tagging to be abolished as report finds people left suicidal and stigmatised by the practice

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022

Rwanda flight migrants ‘include victims of torture and human trafficking’

Out of the 17 people that doctors conducted clinical assessments for, 14 showed evidence of having been tortured and six were survivors of trafficking

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

Rwanda threat raised UK asylum seekers’ suicide risk, clinicians said

In-depth analysis of 36 people threatened with removal to African country says it compounded mental health problems for some

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2022

Calls for Government to abandon Rwanda plan

Charity Medical Justice has raised concerns over the wellbeing of detainees awaiting removal.

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2022