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New statements by protesters in #BrookHouse:
We are in a very depressed situation. The purpose of our hunger strike is to reach our voice, but the staff in the detention centre are saying that even if you are on hunger strike your voice won’t reach.
detainedvoices.com/2020/08/21/the…
We are in a very depressed situation. The purpose of our hunger strike is to reach our voice, but the staff in the detention centre are saying that even if you are on hunger strike your voice won’t reach.
detainedvoices.com/2020/08/21/the…
[The Home Office] say [we] are not having any mental illness and accordingly they are refusing us. While most of the people here are suffering so many struggles during their journey to the UK, and it is not logical that the home office are refusing the reports of the doctor.
We need the people, the Home Office, to hear us, to hear our story. Yes, we have a fingerprint in Spain but the asylum system there is very poor. They have thrown us in the street.
5 yrs after his detention, #HomeOffice finally agree to pay our client 45k in damages. Our lewis_kett and @razahalim @gardencourtlaw acting.
Stark facts of his case reveal the failing and inhumane system…
THREAD (1/5)
Stark facts of his case reveal the failing and inhumane system…
THREAD (1/5)
Fully blind, client deceived by traffickers into smuggling drugs into UK. Arrested & spent 1 yr on remand before CPS realised he was victim. Dropped charges but transferred to detention, where #HomeOffice also failed to recognise as victim of trafficking & that he is blind. (2/5)
Instead, #HomeOffice tried to remove him, only cancelled when client raised asylum claim. Remained in detention further two months as HO failed to source any accommodation. Despite HO guidance that #BrookHouse unsuitable for those with mobility issues. (3/5)
