Home Office unlawfully imprisoned asylum seekers, supreme court rules
Thousands of people, including survivors of torture and trafficking, likely to be entitled to compensation
The Home Office “falsely imprisoned” many asylum seekers who are now entitled to damages for their loss of liberty at the hands of the government, five supreme court judges have ruled.
Thousands of asylum seekers are likely to be affected, many survivors of torture, trafficking and other forms of persecution. Their compensation could run into millions of pounds.