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NEARLY 200 migrants held in British detention centres went on hunger strike at the weekend as part of global demonstrations against immigrant detentions and deportations.
The mass hunger strike followed a wave of protests across Britain held simultaneously at its most infamous detention centres.
At Middlesex’s Harmondsworth immigration removal centre, 190 detainees refused to eat lunch and a further 50 occupied the complex’s yard over “non-human” living conditions.
As Palestine Action prisoners go weeks without food, alleging dangerous neglect and detention without trial, campaigners warn that a near-total media blackout is hiding a crisis that could turn fatal – and fuel a growing wave of public anger. ELIZABETH SHORT reports
DIANE ABBOTT exposes the misconceptions, rumours and downright lies perpetrated around immigration issues
DIANE ABBOTT explodes the anti-migrant myths perpetrated by cynical politicians and an irresponsible mass media