Key things you should know about immigration detention

convicted of any crite lenge the legality of that decision • in the UK European countries to have no time limits Immigration prisoners have not been accused of or Immigration prisoners are rarely given full written reasons for their detention, making it very difficult to chaldetention is for an indefinite period - someimes over 2 vears. Malta and the Uk are the only The procedures under which detention takes place are • Medical provision for detainees is completely inadequate - tere are a number or cases were asylum seek ers have not received treatment when they need it and have then subsequently been taken to hospital in handCu Detainees are neither provided with adequate legal repseckers are in actual prisons usually Some detainees have been coerced into signing forms • Detention criminalises asylum seekers and thus feeds the reactionary idea that all refugees and asylum seekers