AIUK response to consultation on extension of Campsfield immigration removal centre

This is Amnesty UK's response to the crown development consultation on expanding the capacity of Campsfield immigration removal centre from 160 to 400 immigration detention bedspaces.

The response provides an analysis of the government's claims in support of its assertion that the expansion is necessary in the national interest. In doing so, it draws particular attention to the longstanding routine and arbitrary use of immigration detention by the Home Office, which consistently means that far more people are detained than the department can, lawfully, safely or practically, remove from the UK.