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Os asylum-seekers falhados são abusados por companhias de segurança confidenciais, dizem o relatório
Segunda-feira, julho 14o, 2008 Discuta este relatório nos forums de RINF > Por Robert Verkaik e verde de Chris | Grâ Bretanha é responsável para o abuso das centenas de asylum-seekers falhados nas mãos de protetores de segurança confidenciais durante sua remoção forçada deste país, um relatório no tratamento dos refugees alega hoje.
Os findings, baseados em quase 300 casos de assalto físico alegado e do abuso racial, seguem uma investigação four-year em interesses sobre o controle e o uso de empresa confidenciais da segurança no processo da deportação. Muitos dos allegations foram publicados primeiramente no Independent em outubro o ano passado quando os ministros a seguir demitiram os casos como ser unsubstantiated e pediu mais evidência. Última semana a secretária Home, Jacqui Smith, foi dada os nomes e os detalhes de 48 dos reivindicadores que querem o governo requisitar investigações frescas em seus casos. O senhor David Ramsbotham, um inspector-chefe anterior das prisões que emitiram o relatório aos ministros, descrito o dossier dos casos como “perturbando” e convida hoje o governo “reconhece que nossa reputação nacional não é algo ser tratado levemente ou arbitràriamente, e que, se mesmo uma dos casos for substanciado, aquela atinge algo de uma desonra nacional preventable.” Diane Abbott, PM, disse que o relatório era um do mais chocante ela tinha lido dentro os 20 anos onde serviu como um PM: “Este relatório é afligindo e virando para que qualquer um leia. Mas para ministros é um verdict amaldiçoando em sua inabilidade injetar mesmo um shred do humanity em um sistema de falha do immigration,” disse. Uma característica perturbando do relatório é que muitos dos allegations do abuso estão feitos pelos refugees que vieram a este país porque reivindicam ter sido torturadas ou persecuted em seu próprio país. Muitos dos relatórios pelos doutores dos refugees' os ferimentos, corroborated frequentemente', sugerem que a resistência à remoção está encontrada com frequentemente com força oprimindo, including batidas e kickings assim como as vítimas que estão sendo arrastadas violentamente ao redor por seus handcuffs. Diversos dos clientes são dados pelas crianças como vítimas elas mesmas ou como testemunhas aos assaltos em seus pais. Os autores do relatório - empresa Birnberg Peirce da lei, justiça médica e o Coalition nacional de campanhas da Anti-Deportação - conclem: “We have found an alarming and unacceptable number of injuries have been sustained by those subject to forced removals. This dossier provides evidence of widespread and seemingly systemic abuse of one of the most vulnerable communities of people in our society, who have fled their own countries seeking safety and refuge.” The report, Outsourcing Abuse, says the Government’s removal policy is driven by apparently arbitrary targets on deportation and has announced a near doubling of detention centre capacity. It warns: “Mass deportations may follow if the Government puts into effect its announcement to deal with 450,000 unresolved asylum cases within five years or less. The increased use of detention and target-driven deportations may lead to further injuries and assault allegations.” All the allegations contained in the report have been made in the past four years to immigration workers, doctors and lawyers by asylum-seekers who claim to have been abused inside immigration detention camps and security transport, at airports, or on board aircraft. The authors say many of the alleged victims can no longer be contacted as they have been deported or are too frightened to put in claims in case it has an adverse effect on their applications. Cases include that of Amos Alajaibo, a Nigerian who says he was beaten unconscious by guards after admitting he had talked to the media during a protest, and an Algerian man who was allegedly assaulted while in a wheelchair. Suren Khachatryan, an Armenian, suffered a punctured lung after allegedly being stamped on by his immigration escorts in the back of a security van. Another detainee said he was “bound up like a parcel” by officials trying to force him on to a deportation flight. A 39-year-old Ugandan, Noreen Nafuna, says she was bundled on to a flight wearing only her underwear and later punched in the face by an escort, and a 21-year-old woman from Cameroon claims that she was assaulted in front of her young daughter. In another case, HM, a 16-year-old girl from Rwanda, who claimed asylum after coming to Britain as a sex-trafficking victim, says she was assaulted by guards who removed her from a shower unit in a detention centre. She says she suffered bruising when she was handcuffed from behind in a semi-naked state and taken to a holding cell. Her claim was investigated and dismissed by the Home Office, although there was criticism of the way the guards had handled a near-naked teenager. It is understood that the UK Borders Agency has received 89 complaints since October 2006, of which three were substantiated. Another 10 were partly upheld, relating to issues such as rudeness or inefficiency. A spokesperson for the agency said: “We have been asking for this information for at least nine months. We are glad that something has finally arrived. We will review it and where necessary will refer it to the police.” Group4Securicor has told The Independent that it investigates all allegations properly and instructs its escort teams to treat all asylum-seekers with respect. Other firms have declined to comment on similar allegations. ‘I was beaten and kicked by guards’: RH, asylum-seeker from Burundi The story of Mr RH highlights the alleged abuse suffered by asylum-seekers at the hands of British security guards. He fled to the UK in 2007 after being tortured in his home country of Burundi. His application for asylum was rejected by the Home Office, and he was taken to an immigration removal centre to await deportation. In July last year, Mr RH was taken from his room by immigration escorts. He was handcuffed, and his legs were crossed at the ankle before being tied together with tape. After struggling on his way to the van, which was bound for Heathrow, he says he was beaten and kicked by the escorts before being dragged half-naked into the plane. During the alleged assault, his handcuffs caused him to incur severe injuries to his wrists which were clearly visible. The pilot came to investigate, and told the escorts he would not fly Mr RH out of the country in his state at the time. After being returned, RH was examined by a medical officer. However, a later examination by an independent doctor revealed that this officer had only made limited notes about some of Mr RH’s injuries, while others were not documented. Although he has since been released from detention and has recovered, Mr RH’s case still hangs in the balance and he remains threatened with removal. See More:TortureDiscuss this report in the RINF forums > Have Your Say: Failed asylum-seekers are abused by private security companies, says report This entry was posted on Monday, July 14th, 2008 at 1:15 pm and is filed under Breaking News . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. |
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