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Article

17 Jun 2011

Author:
Dominic Casciani, BBC News

G4S immigration removal centre complaints revealed [UK]

A private security company responsible for holding immigration detainees received more than 700 complaints last year…The company runs three removal centres and until recently escorted detainees who were being deported. A G4S spokesman said it took the complaints seriously, but the level of substantiated complaints was extremely low and they were of a minor nature. The detailed figures…show that G4S received 773 complaints from immigration detainees in 2010, 240 more than during the previous year…There were 48 claims of assault, three of which were upheld. Two complaints of racism were partially substantiated, but six were dismissed…G4S…came under the spotlight last year when Jimmy Mubenga, an Angolan detainee, died after being restrained by three guards on a flight.