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Immigration Bill

Proceeding contribution from James Brokenshire (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 25 April 2016. It occurred during Debate on bills on Immigration Bill.

It is important to recognise that the majority of people in our immigration removal centres are not asylum seekers; some people will claim asylum when they have been taken into an IRC. The point

the hon. Lady makes about vulnerability is powerful and important, which was why we commissioned Stephen Shaw to make the recommendations he did on these matters of vulnerability. I hope she will see when we publish the adults at risk strategy and those various points that weigh the relevant factors that we are taking precisely those elements into account and that the presumption should not be to detain unless there are overwhelming factors that support detention and mean it is appropriate. I ask her to hold fire perhaps until she sees that policy, and I look forward to engaging with her further once she has had that opportunity.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
608 c1194 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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