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Women for Refugee Women, ‘A Decade of Harm: Survivors of Gender-based Violence Locked Up in Immigration Detention’, 2025

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Subject Area

Gender/Sex
Human Rights
Refugee/Asylum

Source

NGOs

Type

Reports

Location

United Kingdom

Year Published

2025

Summary

Women for Refugee Women, ‘A Decade of Harm: Survivors of Gender-based Violence Locked Up in Immigration Detention’, 2025

Abstract

‘A Decade of Harm: Survivors of Gender-based Violence Locked Up in Immigration Detention’, shows that women who have fled gender-based violence, including rape, domestic violence, forced marriage and sexual exploitation, are locked up in immigration detention, causing profound and long-lasting damage to their mental health.

Website: https://www.refugeewomen.co.uk/decade-of-harm/