High court rejects call to free 736 detainees at risk from coronavirus

Judges say Home Office has addressed dangers in immigration detention centres

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The high court has rejected calls to free hundreds of immigration detainees who, lawyers and human rights activists say, are at risk from Covid-19 while behind bars.

The ruling, following a hearing over Skype on Wednesday, was handed down in response to an urgent legal challenge from Detention Action.

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