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THE Home Office has “robbed” immigration detainees of half a million pounds so far this year by paying them as little as £1 an hour to cook and clean, a leading trade unionist has warned.
The low-pay figures were obtained by the Morning Star in a freedom of information request to the Home Office, as part of a campaign to expose sweated labour in detention centres.
The government department paid detainees as little as £1 an hour in January and February.
The visa system traps workers with abusive employers, creating a vulnerable workforce scared to complain for fear of deportation — that is why we’re campaigning for a ‘common sponsorship’ model instead, writes FAVOUR DAVIDKING
ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review The Ceremony, Eddington, The Life of Chuck, and The Thursday Murder Club
BLANE SAVAGE recommends the display of nine previously unseen works by the Glaswegian artist, novelist and playwright