Member

We have so often discussed the impact of detention: the very fact of being detained, as well as the conditions of detention. The noble Baroness used “imprisonment” in that last section. “Detention” is a softer term than “imprisonment” or “incarceration”, but I do not think it necessarily reflects a softer situation. There is the lack of hope, how the impact of the experiences which led to seeking asylum are compounded, the impact on children and, as has just been mentioned, the independent monitoring board’s recent report on the detention of families at Gatwick and on how badly affected children are by that.