{"id":859,"date":"2018-01-09T22:23:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T22:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeerightscampaign.org\/?p=859"},"modified":"2018-01-09T22:23:51","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T22:23:51","slug":"the-times-immigration-centres-accused-of-slavery-over-1-an-hour-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeerightscampaign.org\/?p=859","title":{"rendered":"[The Times] Immigration centres accused of slavery over \u00a31-an-hour pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"Article-body Article-container Theme--news\">\n<figure class=\"Media  Article-media Media--lead \">\n<div class=\"Media-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Media-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/imageserver\/image\/methode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F5d43d030-f3cc-11e7-a789-003e705b951e.jpg?crop=5720%2C3218%2C0%2C298&amp;resize=685\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 685px, 100vw\" srcset=\"\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/imageserver\/image\/methode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F5d43d030-f3cc-11e7-a789-003e705b951e.jpg?crop=5720%2C3218%2C0%2C298&amp;resize=320 320w, \/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/imageserver\/image\/methode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F5d43d030-f3cc-11e7-a789-003e705b951e.jpg?crop=5720%2C3218%2C0%2C298&amp;resize=685 685w, \/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/imageserver\/image\/methode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F5d43d030-f3cc-11e7-a789-003e705b951e.jpg?crop=5720%2C3218%2C0%2C298&amp;resize=1200 1200w, \/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/imageserver\/image\/methode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F5d43d030-f3cc-11e7-a789-003e705b951e.jpg?crop=5720%2C3218%2C0%2C298&amp;resize=2400 2400w\" alt=\"Detainees at Britian\u2019s ten immigration centres are offered roles such as cleaner, laundry assistant, library worker and orderly\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"Media-caption\"><span class=\"Media-captionContainer\">Detainees at Britian\u2019s ten immigration centres are offered roles such as cleaner, laundry assistant, library worker and orderly<small>GETTY IMAGES<\/small><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"Article-content \">\n<p>Immigration detainees have been short-changed of \u00a35 million a year by being paid \u00a31 an hour instead of the minimum wage for work they did while in removal centres, it has been claimed.<\/p>\n<p>A solicitor described the wage paid to people detained in a network of immigration removal centres as \u201cslavery\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Toufique Hossain, of Duncan Lewis, said: \u201cThey are working as cleaners, barbers, laundry workers, litter-pickers and food servers. This work would otherwise need to be done by workers paid at least the minimum wage. If this isn\u2019t slavery, I don\u2019t know what is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Figures released under freedom of information laws show that detainees worked a total of 2.24 million hours between November 2014 and April last year and were paid about \u00a32.24 million.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detainees at Britian\u2019s ten immigration centres are offered roles such as cleaner, laundry assistant, library worker and orderlyGETTY IMAGES Immigration detainees have been short-changed of \u00a35 million a year by being paid \u00a31 an hour instead of the minimum wage for work they did while in removal centres, it has been claimed. 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