Migrants in UK face ‘degrading’ surveillance ankle tags


A British policeman is seen looking over a migrant boat as a Union Jack Flag waves in the background in this illustration. Britain has ramped up electronic tagging of migrants, raising concerns over privacy and its impact on vulnerable asylum seekers. — Thomson Reuters Foundation

LONDON: After two years being held in a British immigration detention centre, Mimi was so desperate to be released that she agreed to wear an electronic ankle tag. But her sense of freedom was short-lived.

Two months later, she said she attempted suicide because of the stress of being monitored while wearing the tag.

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