Children being traumatised at Gatwick deportation centre, finds watchdog

Children being traumatised at Gatwick deportation centre, finds watchdog

Assessment finds detention unit is subjecting families to ‘unnecessary suffering’ amid lengthy Home Office delays Young children are being traumatised while held at a Gatwick airport deportation centre that should be closed down, a watchdog has found. The independent monitoring board (IMB) also said the children’s parents were being subjected to “callous treatment and unnecessary…