Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre, 2014. Demotix/Guy Corbishley All rights reserved.
A frail and confused 84 year old Canadian man was taken to hospital in handcuffs twice because staff at a UK detention centre thought he was an “escape risk”, the inquest into the death of Alois Dvorzak heard yesterday.
Dvorzak landed at Gatwick Airport on 23 January 2013, en route from Canada to visit his daughter in Slovenia. UK immigration officers were concerned about his mental health and vague travel arrangements.
