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UIN 40509

Immigration Removal Centres: Coronavirus

answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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27 April 2020

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14 May 2020 · Answer

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Immigration

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14 May 2020

Immigration

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to release detainees from immigration removal centres in response to the covid-19 outbreak; and what steps she is taking to ensure the health and protection of the remaining detaine

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  1. 27 April 2020

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to release detainees from immigration removal centres in response to the covid-19 outbreak; and what steps she is taking to ensure the health and protection of the remaining detaine

    Source: Commons

  2. 14 May 2020

    Answer

    We only detain people where it is absolutely necessary, with decisions made on a case-by-case basis and kept under constant review but it is only right that we protect the public from high-harm individuals, which is why the vast majority of those in deten...

    Source: Written answer

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