Staff at Brook House immigration detention centre near Gatwick Airport were found to have subjected detainees to degrading treatment, including forcibly moving people while they were naked, and speaking to migrants using racist, homophobic and derogatory language.
Staff often showed little regard for migrants’ welfare, and some appeared desensitised towards the vulnerabilities of detained people. There were occasions where they would use the phrase “if he dies, he dies”.
Staff used derogatory language as a way to “fit in”.
