Migrant children 'held too long'

An immigration removal centre has wrongfully detained disabled children and transports families in metal cages, the prisons' inspectorate has found.

HM Inspectorate of Prisons said children were detained for too long and left distressed and scared at the Yarl's Wood centre in Bedfordshire.

But it said the centre had improved its conditions in several other areas.

The UK Border Agency said most children were held "for a week or less" and it was committed to fair treatment.