Asylum seekers faced ‘excessive’ restraint on flight from UK

Prison watchdog criticises ‘flippant’ Capita escort staff who forced woman to use toilet with door open

Colnbrook asylum seekers
A total of 80 escort staff accompanied 23 refugees from UK immigration removal centres on the flight
(Image credit: 2004 AFP)

Asylum seekers were subjected to “excessive use of restraints” by private contractors during a removal flight out of the UK, according to the prison watchdog.

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