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Torture victims 'languish in detention'

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The process for releasing detainees being held in immigration removal centres if they have been victims of torture doesn't work, according to one of the charities working in the field.

Emma Ginn of the Medical Justice Network, which sends independent doctors into immigration centres, discusses the official review into the system.


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