UK inquiry finds migrants awaiting deportation are kept 'in prison-like' conditions at a detention center

Inquiry chairwoman Kate Eves says migrants suffered “shocking treatment” at the Brook House Immigration Removal Center near Gatwick Airport .

Eves said the facility had a “toxic” staff culture, and migrants faced racist and derogatory language, dehumanizing comments and the inappropriate use of force.

Britain 's Conservative government has adopted an increasingly punitive approach to people who arrive in the U.K. by unauthorized means such as small boats.