New GDP Report: Immigration Detention in the United Kingdom
UK Detention Profile
June 2011
http://www.globaldetentionproject.org/countries/europe/united-kingdom/introduction.html
In December 2010, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced that the
United Kingdom was eliminating its policy of long-term immigration
detention of children, claiming that there had a been "a big culture
shift within our immigration system," one which places "values above
paranoia over our borders.” Many observers in the UK, however, contest
this claim, arguing that much remains to be done to reform the UK
immigration detention estate, which has grown exponentially in the last
two decades. In 1993, the country had an immigration detention capacity
of some 250. By 2003, it was operating seven immigration removal centres
with a capacity of approximately 1,600. By 2011, the estate had grown to
15 dedicated facilities with a total estimated capacity of 3,500.
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