Safe to share? Liberty and Southall Black Sisters’ super-complaint on policing and immigration status

Super-complaints provide a voice for designated bodies to raise concerns on behalf of the public about patterns or trends in policing that are, or appear to be, significantly harming the interests of the public.

Liberty and Southall Black Sisters put forward this super-complaint about the treatment of victims of crime and witnesses with insecure immigration status. It focuses on how information about them is passed to the Home Office for immigration enforcement.

HMICFRS, the College of Policing and the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) are responsible for assessing, investigating and reporting on police super-complaints.

Liberty and Southall Black Sisters said that victims and witnesses with an unsettled immigration status are currently deterred from engaging with the police because of fears that this may make their situation worse. Consequently, victims are denied justice, while offenders go unpunished and remain a threat to the public. Based on the findings of this investigation, we share this concern.

Read ‘Safe to share? Liberty and Southall Black Sisters’ super-complaint on policing and immigration status’ – December 2020

Responses to recommendations

You can now access the responses from bodies subject to recommendations and actions in the report on Liberty and Southall Black Sisters’ super-complaint on policing and immigration.

Read the responses from bodies subject to recommendations and actions