Report on conditions and treatment at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre
Tabled 12 January 2026 by John McDonnell
That this House expresses its concern at the report compiled by asylum seekers, who are being detained in preparation for being returned to France under the Government’s one-in, one-out scheme, entitled Report on conditions and treatment at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre, published on Monday 5 January 2026, as reported in the Guardian newspaper; notes that the detainees are calling on the UN and human rights groups to investigate urgently the conditions in which people are detained for deportation under the one-in, one-out scheme on the grounds that it is alleged that their treatment since arriving in the UK violates fundamental principles of human rights, dignity and due process and amounts to being punished for seeking protection; is appalled by claims that detainees have suffered fear, humiliation and psychological distress at the hands of the Home Office since arriving in the UK in small boats; is further alarmed by multiple incidents involving individuals experiencing severe mental health crises, including self-harm attempts and reports of being placed in isolation or disciplinary units; is extremely concerned that this environment has created constant fear, despair, and uncertainty, with detainees expressing that they feel dehumanised and invisible and subjected to arbitrary detention, denial of legal representation, inadequate medical care, degrading treatment and severe psychological harm; and calls on the Government to launch an immediate inspection of the treatment and conditions of these detained asylum seekers.