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Immigration Detention

Debate between Richard Fuller and Caroline Spelman
Thursday 10th September 2015

(9 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Richard Fuller Portrait Richard Fuller
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Absolutely: it is time to close down Yarl’s Wood. I say that not just because it would be a satisfactory end to the policy, but because it would be an emblem, a sign, that this Minister has decided that it is time to call an end to the extensive use of immigration detention. Closing Yarl’s Wood is exactly what we should do.

Caroline Spelman Portrait Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden) (Con)
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Further to that point, the percentage of women returning to the community is even higher among pregnant women. In 2014, the independent inspection report recorded 99 pregnant women, of whom only nine were eventually deported. The rest returned to the community to pursue their claims, which shows that, aside from anything to do with the welfare of pregnant women, detention is not the best use of resources.