There was more unrest at Morton Hall Immigration Removals Centre yesterday, when a detainee got on the roof and threatened to commit suicide. According to other detainees the man got on the roof soon after 8am. The centre was put under lockdown and we have been unable to get any news of what happened to the man.

This event comes only a few weeks after a mass protest by detainees over being "treated like dogs" by the UK Borders Agency and prison authorities. Reports from inside Morton Hall indicate that at least two of those involved in that protest were sent to prisons in the aftermath and a man who was informing the media about what was going via the internet was marched out by a group of guards and hasn't been seen since.

Morton Hall has seen almost constant unrest since it opened about a year ago. Two detainees escaped soon after it opened and there was a significant protest about the arbitrary actions of the prison authorities in December last year, following which 18 detainees were transferred to prisons or other detention centres.

As politicians battle with one another to look the toughest on immigration and asylum, flouting EU human rights legislation by detaining people indefinitely, the tensions will continue to rise and the desperation of those locked up with no release date will continue to boil over behind the prison walls. 

In solidarity with migrant struggles. Free movement for everyone!