Another woman who has been diagnosed with cervical cancer has been in Yarl’s Wood for almost six weeks she is not getting any treatment and her condition is deteriorating to the point where she can barely walk.

I have been in Yarl’s Wood going on for eight months. What we are going through is a living hell – it is very hard for us due to the fact that we are monitored and limited to our basic needs – eg we can do very little on the computer, the food is not palatable and women are sick of it. Healthcare is very poor – we all suffer. I myself am very sick, I have a terrible back pain and I cannot get any medication or treatment. It takes forever to get an appointment to see the GP no matter how sick you are. I have been trying to get bail – it is a tedious process going back forth to court and I am ridiculed for asking to be set free.

[Yarls Wood is the UK’s only immigration detention centre specifically for detaining women]