Hunger strikes and suicide attempts as asylum seekers claim Essex site is ‘like prison’
Helen Bamber Foundation report finds ‘growing feelings of desperation’ among camp’s 600 residents Lizzie Dearden Increasing numbers of asylum seekers housed in a former military base are attempting suicide, self-harming and refusing to eat as conditions worsen, a new report has warned. Tensions have been rising at Wethersfield in Essex, where about 600 men have been […]
First-tier Tribunal judge carried out “wholly inappropriate” cross-examination of appellant
The Court of Appeal has, for the third time this year, had to intervene where the Upper Tribunal has failed to do so, in a case involving poor conduct on the part of the First-tier Tribunal. This case is Hima v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWCA Civ 680. We have written up […]