In The Press

Lewis Kett, a solicitor in the immigration public law department at Duncan Lewis, has been quoted in Eastern Eye commenting on the mistreatment of immigration detainees in UK removal centres. Following the Panorama documentary on Brook House IRC which exposed ill-treatment by staff who were shown abusing detainees, campaigners have called for change. Lewis is leading a challenge on behalf of a former detainee who suffered alleged abuse whilst held in Brook House. As a direct result of this litigation, the Home Office made a U-turn decision, agreeing to commission an independent inquiry into Brook House which is to be conducted by the Prisons & Probation Ombudsman. Lewis states: “A key component of the UK’s investigative duty under Article 3 is that the investigation/inquiry should be done swiftly. Any mistreatment of detainees held under immigration powers should be thoroughly investigated and those responsible held to account.”