Asylum seekers assaulted by private security teams, says report / Guardian, 14 July 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/jul/14/immigrationpolicy.immigration?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews
Arj Singh
"Hundreds of asylum seekers claim they were assaulted by security teams hired by the Home Office to forcibly deport them, according to a report published today.
The report presents findings from a dossier of nearly 300 assaults, alleged to have taken place between January 2004 and June 2008.
The incidents include accusations of excessive force, beatings and racial abuse, resulting in injuries ranging from handcuff-bruised wrists, to swollen faces, and fractured ribs, wrists and ankles."
Outsourcing abuse: PDF - http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Politics/documents/2008/07/14/OutsourcingAbuse.pdf