Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeThe Medomsley Detention Centre site is barely visible from the road, and shunned by locals. A “prison-style” detention and “removal centre” for up to 85 women seeking asylum. I’d visited as a diplomat and sent my children to study here.”But when she asked for help, she ended up in the notorious Yarl’s Wood Detention Centre near Bedford. “We’ve worked with over 30 victims who suffered unimaginable physical and sexual abuse at Medomsley ­Detention Centre – the idea of the site being used again to imprison ­vulnerable people is appalling. If you give up, they get away with it.”To sign Agnes’ petition, visit change.org and search for “women detention centre”Additional reporting Maryam Qaiser

Source: Daily Mirror May 27, 2021 18:13 UTC