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Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre is a detention centre for foreign nationals prior to their deportation from the United Kingdom, one of 10 such centres currently in the UK. [1] It is located near Milton Ernest in Bedfordshire , England, and is operated by Serco , [ 2 ] which describes the place as "a fully contained residential centre ...
Serco confirmed that it was serving a notice of eviction on many tenants, causing alarm and lawyers challenged one asylum seeker's eviction at the Scottish Court of Session. Councillor Jennifer Layden, equalities and human rights convener for Glasgow, said, "The lock change announcement by the Home Office and Serco has caused widespread fear ...
Between 2003 and 2009, G4S was appointed as the contractor to manage a large number of facilities. Its contract was not renewed and in 2009 Serco Australia was awarded a five-year contract. The offshore processing centres on Nauru and Manus were operated by Broadspectrum (formerly known as Transfield Services), with security sub-contracted to ...
The removal centre, which opened in March 2009, is operated by Serco on behalf of the Home Office and has space for around 500 detainees. It has the same security as a Category B prison.
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DIBP confirmed that following this arrest seven individuals made threats of self-harm and four committed self-harm. Ten mothers were placed on "guided supportive and monitoring engagement" under the PSP, requiring 24-hour surveillance by a Serco officer. [9] On 9 November 2015, a riot began at the centre after the death of an asylum seeker. [10]
Tinsley House is managed by security firm Serco on behalf of Border Force. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] When Tinsley House was established in 1996, it was the UK's first purpose-built detention centre. [ 4 ] Since then, the UK's detention estate has expanded substantially and there are now nine immigration removal centres.