Indefinite detention: the implications of the Illegal Migration Bill for pregnant women
Birth Companions & Women for Refugee Women in the BMJ
In this BMJ opinion piece, Birth Companions' Head of Policy and Communications, Kirsty Kitchen, and Gemma Lousley, Policy and Research Manager at Women for Refugee Women, argue that government plans to remove the 72 hour limit on the detention of pregnant women, as part of the the Illegal Migration Bill, would compromise health, safety, and wellbeing of women seeking safety in the UK and their babies,
By Kirsty Kitchen and Gemma Lousley.
Published in the BMJ.
