at the centre of this scandal. sajid javid will be an excellent home secretary. thank you. a scandal that brought down a home secretary. hermine thompson came to the uk in 1962. she was diagnosed with dementia five years ago. her daughter, yvonne, was distraught. when she was here first, i used to come out here everyday. i used to just sit down and cry. in the past year, yvonne hasn't been able to visit her mum. why? well, because yvonne has been in a detention centre. so, how long were you in yarlswwood for? for eight months. eight months? it was terrible. we are human beings. and when they want to deport anybody, they handcuff you with your hand behind you, sometimes the ladies, they take them in their nighties. yvonne was released from yarl‘s wood just a few days after this statement was published by the home office at the height of the scandal.