Briefings on the Illegal Migration Bill
RMCC members are profoundly concerned by the Illegal Migration Bill which is designed to deny refugees the chance to seek protection. We agree with the UN Refugee Agency that the Bill undermines the very purpose of the Refugee Convention. It risks breaching the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The government has not […]
Statement on decision to award G4S contract to run new family detention unit
Security company G4S has announced that they are to be awarded the contract to run the welfare services at the new family detention unit at Tinsley House by the Home Office. The new unit replaces Cedars pre-departure accommodation, where welfare services had been provided by the children’s charity Barnardo’s. The members of the Detention Sub-Group […]