Independent Monitoring Board also finds longer detentions and raises concern about treatment of vulnerable people

Almost 80% of people held in UK immigration detention centres in 2022 were released into the community rather than deported, according to a report.

The purpose of immigration detention is to prepare people for deportation from the UK, but the annual report by the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) on the immigration detention estate found that the vast majority were released.

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