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Dr Anna McKay
@DrAnnaLoisMckay
Historian of prisoners - convicts and POWs. Now @LeverhulmeTrust @LivUniHistory. Was @IrishResearch @EnglishUCC. PhD on Prison Hulks @HyPIRUoL & @RMGreenwich.
Mar 29, 2023 • 17 tweets • 12 min read
If the UK Government goes ahead with proposals to detain asylum seekers on cruise ships and barges today, it will be repeating history 🧵Please RT #IllegalMigrationBill #AsylumSeekers @BBCNews @guardian In 1776, British politicians decided to bring in a temporary act that authorised the use of disused trading ships to be used as floating prisons. ‘Hulks’ were in fact used for over 80 years, across the Victorian era.