UK: BAME, refugee and migrant deaths in custody (2014 – 2020)

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Updated statistics from the Institute of Race Relations lay bare the degree of impunity for the deaths in custody of black, ethnic minority, migrant and refugee persons.

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"Here we publish a list of BAME, refugee and migrant deaths in custody from 2014 – 2020 that took place in prison, in immigration detention or involving police. This list has been compiled by IRR, using IRR News coverage and media releases by the organisation Inquest. Read a comment piece on these statistics here.

Alongside the lists of custody deaths, we publish a comment piece that highlights restraint concern, the frequency with which mental illness is part of the scenario and continued police impunity - not one officer has beeen convicted since the IRR started collecting figures on black deaths in 1969."

BAME, refugee and migrant deaths in custody (2014 – 2020) (IRR News, link)

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