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2013年11月2日

著者:
Mark Townsend, Guardian (UK)

Yarl's Wood sex inquiry witness to be deported without speaking to police (UK)

[Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Serco to respond. Serco declined to respond] The only witness to an alleged case of sexual misconduct at Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre is to be deported, without being given the opportunity to testify to police...Jeng alleges she witnessed a male Serco employee having sexual contact with a detainee [Tanja]...Campaigners accuse the Home Office of attempting to "silence" Jeng by removing her from the UK before she can be questioned by officers...Jeng is thought to be the only eyewitness to the alleged sexual contact and is therefore crucial to an ongoing investigation by Bedfordshire police into abuse allegations at Britain's largest immigration removal centre for women. Three Serco staff have been dismissed...Bedfordshire police launched an investigation into Tanja's claims that she was subjected to inappropriate sexual behaviour by several guards...Movement for Justice said: "...A system that abuses women's human rights and dignity as Yarl's Wood does inevitably leads to sexual abuse..."