'Alarming' rise in self-harming at detention centres
noborders repost | 31.08.2008 08:37 | Anti-racism | Health | Migration
By Emily Dugan, The Indpendent, Sunday, 31 August
Incidences of self-harm in immigration detention centres rose 73 per cent in the first six months of this year, Home Office figures have revealed. The sharp increase has provoked calls for the Government to re-examine its policy of treating asylum-seekers as prisoners.
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