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An Eritrean asylum seeker in Calais talks of his long and troubled journey to seek sanctuary in the UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2009/jul/30/eritrean-asylum-seeker-naga

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7370955.stm

Illegal immigrants and foreign prisoners are failing to be removed from the UK because escort staff are "intimidating" them, a report has said.

The findings are revealed by the Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales , Dame Anne Owers.

Inspectors monitored immigration escort staff involved in removing detainees from Heathrow Airport .

It says when officers escorting immigration offenders mistreat them, removals are more likely to fail.

The report cites the case of four Afghan detainees, who were initially willing to fly home.

Then, in what the report describes as an "unnecessary and intimidating" intervention, escort staff warned the detainees they would be "dealt with" if they were "naughty" on the plane. They refused to go.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8198441.stm

Refugees deported from Britain are at risk of ill-treatment and abuse by immigration officers and security guards, a damning report into the system for removing immigrants and failed asylum seekers has found.

In most cases the use of force during the deportation process had the opposite effect and led to the removal attempt being abandoned.

The findings, published today by Anne Owers, the chief inspector of prisons, echo earlier concerns published in the Independent nearly two years ago.

Ms Owers' report also found "worrying gaps and weaknesses" in the system for complaints made by asylum seekers and in the monitoring of the removal process.

But of greatest concern was the inconsistent use of force by immigration officers as well as failures to provide medical help.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/removals-fail-if-force-is-used-1771197.html

In response to the Children's Commissioner for England's report 'the Arrest and Detention of Children Subject to Immigration Control'.

Donna Covey, Chief Executive of the Refugee Council said: "The Children's Commissioner has exposed one of the UK's most shameful practices - imprisoning children for administrative reasons. The evidence contained in this report is shocking, and demonstrates once again how harmful detaining children is.

"It is particularly disturbing to hear children's first hand accounts of being arrested very suddenly, and transported in locked vans to places that are, as far as they are concerned, prisons.

"We join the Commissioner's call to end the practice of detaining children as soon as possible. And in the meantime, we urge the government to implement the recommendations contained in this report without delay.

http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/press/2009/april/20090428.htm

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