I’m in Morton Hall detention centre. Today others are not going for food. People are shouting. There are so many campaigns. They treat us like animals, this is animal kingdom. People are on strike. They have gather outside and are gather me especially. The security are shouting at them. They say why are you gathering here we will talk to you but
they don’t care about anything. There is no law and order in this country. The Home Office doesn’t care about anything.
[Shouting of ‘we want freedom, we want freedom’ in the background.]
Author: DV
I wanted to print the Channel four news coverage
I wanted to print the Channel four news coverage of hunger strike and detention centre conditions. I wanted to print it out and the wing officer said that the print out was not allowed. I said all the United Kingdom knows, so why are you not letting us know. So why can’t we know. This detention centre is horrible to be honest.
It could be about 6 months.
It could be about 6 months. We have not got any information about how long it takes. We have applied for bail and have been refused. How can we stay here? It’s not fair. The time we have spent here right now – we should get compensation if the court decides for us. If we are spending the time here so they can decide about be. They have more power than me. We should be released while we wait for the decision. If you do a public offence then you can only be detained for 24 hours. Why can they detain us for the whole time? I’m losing my mental health every morning. I came here in December and there is already too much time. There is no signal at this centre – this a big problem for us.
At Morton Hall
At Morton Hall more one hundred people are in the grounds. They are not eating in the morning. Everything is closed. They want to talk to UKBA and we want to sort out our problems. People are going crazy here – some people here for 2 or 3 years . I’ve been here three months – totally rubbish.
Stop keeping people in detention without any reason [video]
We need our freedom
We need our freedom, everyone’s been detained and it’s unfair. If someone seeks asylum it’s unfair to detain them for months. We need freedom to get information and evidence for our claim. I’m talking to you – I am sick. For the past five years, I have need a doctor but I haven’t seen one in here. Most people are very weak because they are not eating, there is bad food and the conditions are no good and people have been in here for a long time. We are always in the inside.
We need all the media, the newspaper, the courts, everyone outside. Do something for us. We are trying our best. We need your help.
It’s not violent. Everybody’s on hunger strike. No one eating. Nothing is moving. The media came here yesterday for channel four and we told them the Home office have messed up our cases. Some people are not going to see immigration.
I am a detainee at the Harmondsworth Detention Centre
I am a detainee at the Harmondsworth Detention Centre. I have been here at this detention centre for more than five (5) months and am here to complain not just for my self but on behalf of all the detainees here. we are mentally tortured here at the detention. some of us came in here safe and sound but due to depression and the incompetence of the Home Office as well as the detention officers have put us in a devastating mood, situation and life threatening cases. The fast track system of the home office is very poor to the highest level. the immigration is just using this system to make money for them selves behind LAW. they rush through our cases and make useless and unnecessary mistakes that goes against us. we are not criminals nor Animals. most of us went to seek for asylum by our selves and we are being detained for half a year and over whiles the secretary of state representatives go home and have a nice time with their families. we are locked up in rooms like ANIMALS. officers in the detention being rude to us as if we are no body or animals. The refusal on everyone’s documents are the same. Meaning it was copied and pasted. Just that they change names, country or origin and other personal details.
HEALTHCARE
The health care system here is very poor as well. you go to the healthcare regardless of your sickness and you will be offered PARACETAMOL. whether you get injured or what so ever, you will be offered paracetamol. the only time you are properly checked is when you have a flight and you will be checked to see if you are fit to fly. when your sickness gets worse, that’s when you are transferred to Hillindon Hospital in North London. even on your way to the hospital, our hands are being cuffed. in my situation, I was even handcuffed to the bed at the hillindon Hospital.
BAIL AND TEMPORAL ADMISSION
most of we the detainees have got valid applications pending. Applications such as Judicial Review, Discretionary leave to remain, and many other forms or leave to remain in this country that will probably take moths to process and yet still we are not released on bail or temporary admission. We are locked up like dogs. Even animals in this country have their rights. Detention is not suppose to be like a prison. But we are treated worse like or more than prisoners. Where is in humanity in This country, where is the Human right in this country. We go for bail and Immigration judges will refuse us because our sorties did not deposit huge amount of money. Is the immigration working with money or are working by law?
POOR FACILITIES
The detention centre here at Harmondsworth has the worst facilities here in England. I have been to four (4) different detention centres here in the UK and Harmondsworth is the worse. I prefer to sleep on the streets than rather being in this useless place, this death trap they call a detention centre. The managers have kept their kids out there and they are enjoying life and we are being treated as SLAVES here. I think slavery is still in existence. Just that this is a modern style of slavery. There are more than 600 detainees here at harmondsworth and on the C and D wing has the most population of detainees almost 350 detainees and we have just twelve (12) computers here. This computers are restricted.
No social media can be assessed. No entertainment sites can be assessed. Only email address. And when you get evidences and documents from your email they refuse to print them out for you. So how does home office want us to get evidences or documents to support our claims and cases. This is very bad. This huge building and we have just 3 washing machine and one dryer working for over 350 detainees. How can this be possible. We have to be cuing in the cold just to get a meal. All the bathrooms are overflowing. Our rooms are cold at night. We sleep in this cold, get sick and when we go the the healthcare, we are being maltreated and given paracetamol. Nurses treat us here as animals. Shout at us and mishandle and maltreat us.
INCOMPETENCE OF THE HOME OFFICE
The Home office is very incompetent. They lie on our cases. If anyone is to lie, it shouldn’t be the Home office. Everything states on our monthly reports are just speculations and lies just to destroy or credibility and genuineness in this countries. They are crafty liars. We have detainees here who have studied law, management, medical and a whole lot. We have a future and we are detained here to ruin our FUTURE. This is pure evilness.
I am in Tinsley centre
I am in Tinsley centre. I’ve been here for three months. I was feeling sick for over a week and they are just giving paracetamol and cannot see a doctor. I have seen a lot of guys, they are like mad and I am becoming mad. The room is coming to eat us. It is so pressurised. We did not do a crime, we are seeking asylum. Today, a lot of guys are protest, who are not eating. We want to go out from Tinsley House. We want to go outside. There are a lot of guys 6 7 8 months. We want good live as well. WE are human beings we want human rights and they are not giving us human right. We are human beings, treat us like human beings.
We just watched it.
We just watched it. We saw the helicopter capturing it earlier today. And we are aware of more media coming. More over, we haven’t finished, we’ll keep protesting until our needs are met.
I’ve been in detention for more than 8 months
I’m from Tinsley House and I’ve been in detention for more than 8 months. I have many problems and my wife is outside of detentions. I am not happy with the staff of Tinsley House, they are misbehaving with me, treating us like animals.
I’m on hunger strike and all of my friends and collegues are on hunger strike because they are not having good services of Tinsley House.
My wife is outside, she tried to commit suicide last week. It is a very, very upsetting situation. No one is helping me, I have no money for a soliciter, nothing. Because I am in detention I am not with my wife, and I don’t want to leave her. I don’t want to see her troubled. That’s why I’m on hunger strike.