UK Immigration Detention Centres Factsheet September 2016:
https://corporatewatch.org/news/2016/sep/15/immigration-detention-centres-factsheet
It can be hard to keep track of the shadowy world of the Home Office's
immigration detention centres, where around 3,000 people are locked up
without trial or time limit. The Home Office has recently announced the
closure of two immigration detention centres, Cedars and Dungavel, but
said less about the fact that others are being expanded. Meanwhile, in a
system largely run by private security corporations, two major contracts
held by G4S and Tascor are up for re-tender. This factsheet gives an
overview of the main sites and companies involved at the current time.
The factsheet can also be downloaded as a PDF.
Snitches, Stings and Leaks: How Immigration Enforcement Works:
https://corporatewatch.org/news/2016/aug/30/snitches-stings-leaks-how-immigration-enforcement-works
In July 2016 restaurant chain Byron Hamburgers caused an outcry after
setting up a “sting operation” with Home Office Immigration Enforcement
to arrest its own workers. But, as this report shows, this was no
one-off. Such operations are part of standard practice in the Home
Office’s campaign of around 6,000 workplace raids a year, which is
routinely based on “low grade” public informing, employers reporting on
workers, and Immigration Officers acting without legal warrants. This
report draws on leaked Home Office intelligence documents from 2014’s
“Operation Centurion”, analysed here for the first time, alongside other
public and confidential sources.
https://corporatewatch.org/news/2016/sep/15/immigration-detention-centres-factsheet
It can be hard to keep track of the shadowy world of the Home Office's
immigration detention centres, where around 3,000 people are locked up
without trial or time limit. The Home Office has recently announced the
closure of two immigration detention centres, Cedars and Dungavel, but
said less about the fact that others are being expanded. Meanwhile, in a
system largely run by private security corporations, two major contracts
held by G4S and Tascor are up for re-tender. This factsheet gives an
overview of the main sites and companies involved at the current time.
The factsheet can also be downloaded as a PDF.
Snitches, Stings and Leaks: How Immigration Enforcement Works:
https://corporatewatch.org/news/2016/aug/30/snitches-stings-leaks-how-immigration-enforcement-works
In July 2016 restaurant chain Byron Hamburgers caused an outcry after
setting up a “sting operation” with Home Office Immigration Enforcement
to arrest its own workers. But, as this report shows, this was no
one-off. Such operations are part of standard practice in the Home
Office’s campaign of around 6,000 workplace raids a year, which is
routinely based on “low grade” public informing, employers reporting on
workers, and Immigration Officers acting without legal warrants. This
report draws on leaked Home Office intelligence documents from 2014’s
“Operation Centurion”, analysed here for the first time, alongside other
public and confidential sources.
