"children sometimes interpret for their parents with staff, despite the availability of professional interpreters"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62r50l83d4o

11 October 2024

Board calls for closure of family detention unit

Calls have been made to end the detention of children at an immigration removal centre near Gatwick Airport.

An Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) has recommended the closure of the family detention unit pre departure accommodation (Family PDA) at the site, which includes Brook House.

[…] It also said that children sometimes interpret for their parents with staff, despite the availability of professional interpreters. […]

 

Read the report here:

https://cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/sites/13/2024/10/Gatwick-PDA-IMB-2023-annual-report.pdf