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3,142 people were in detention in the UK as of June 2013 - the highest figure since 2008 (Photo: Casciani)

Private firms put price tag on migrant suicides

Private security companies operating UK-based immigrant removal centres (IRC) use formulas to calculate the profit loss incurred by detainees who commit suicide under their watch.

A handful of immigrants, set for deportation, have managed to kill themselves at the facilities over the years. The UK Border Agency, has in some other cases, refused to disclose the cause of death.

Attempted suicides have reached an historic as has the number of detainees on suicide watch.

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

3,142 people were in detention in the UK as of June 2013 - the highest figure since 2008 (Photo: Casciani)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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