The brutality of deportations from the UK

Suzanne Fletcher and Jackie Fearnley respond to a report on shackles and restraints being used on hundreds of deportees. Your article on the use of shackles and restraints on those being deported ( 12 August) is a shocking revelation of how those being removed from the UK are treated. The National Independent Commission on Enforced Removals (NICER) report by Citizens UK contained clear and workable recommendations to make such removals safe and humane. This includes the use of painless restraint