Parliamentary inquiry into immigration centre conditionspublished at 10:57 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2018
Sharon Edwards
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Lincolnshire
A Parliamentary committee is looking into conditions at Morton Hall Immigration Centre after allegations of violence and self-harm among detainees.
Several former detainees at the immigration removal centre near Lincoln (pictured) have spoken to the BBC about their experiences there.
Among detainees are asylum seekers hoping to live in the UK after escaping from war zones around the world.
Earlier in the week we heard from a PHD Student and detainee who said people who'd fled from war in Iraq had killed themselves in the centre.
Quote MessageI think we need to know what is going on, and what the home office is doing about it, and what kind of oversight is in place.
Yvette Cooper MP, Chair of the Home Affairs Committee