HMI Spotlight on Dungavel

July 8, 2015

The Dungavel immigration removal centre (IRC) in Lanarkshire is the subject of a recent inspection by HM Chief Inspector Prisons. The HMI make a number of recommendations for improvements to the way the centre is currently operated. Dungavel was the focus of concern

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Dungavel: Shameful Child Detention Policy Ends

May 18, 2010

A further spin-off from the formation on the Conservative-Liberal coalition in the United Kingdom is a decision to end the detention of children at the immigration detention centre at Dungavel in Scotland. Various groups in Scotland including the Scottish National Party and the

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