Half of immigration detainees in UK have no representation because of legal aid cuts, report finds

‘Half of all immigrants held in detention centres in the UK do not have any legal representation, according to a new report.
Cuts in legal aid have reduced the estimated number receiving legal help from 80 per cent to 50 per cent, meaning that thousands of people waiting to find out if they will be granted the right to remain in the UK are doing so without any legal help at all.
According to the Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) survey, the impact of reductions in legal aid for immigration detainees made in April 2013 also mean that one in five have never received any legal assistance at all.’
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