A coroner has accused the Home Office of “manipulating statistics” relating to deaths in immigration detention after it emerged that some records relating to the death of a detainee had been deleted. The Guardian and other sources reported that there were 11 deaths in immigration detention last year – an all-time high. However, at the end of last month the Home Office for the first time ever published detention death statistics as part of new “transparency data”. I think they should do so routinely,” Shaw, who has carried out two comprehensive reviews into immigration detention for the Home Office, told the committee. “We are committed to extending this level of transparency to all those in immigration detention.

Source: The Guardian December 20, 2018 06:00 UTC