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Immigration detention in the United Kingdom is the practice of detaining foreign nationals for the purpose of immigration control. [1] Unlike some other countries, UK provisions to detain are not outlined in a codified constitution .
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 ...
Campsfield House was an immigration detention centre located in Kidlington near Oxford, England, operated by private prison firm Group 4 under contract with the British government. For 25 years, it was the site of a regular monthly protest from human rights campaigners and saw a number of internal protests, hunger strikes and two suicides.
[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. Some individuals are also detained in short-term holding facilities and prisons. [4]
Overcrowding at the Manston migrant processing centre in Kent saw between 450 and 500 people moved to and held in detention centres in November.
Immigration detention is the policy of holding individuals suspected of visa violations, illegal entry or unauthorized arrival, as well as those subject to deportation and removal until a decision is made by immigration authorities to grant a visa and release them into the community, or to repatriate them to their country of departure.
Under powers inspired by counterterrorism laws, immigration officers and police will also be given the power to seize phones, laptops and other electronic devices from migrants arriving in the UK ...
Brook House Immigration Removal Centre is a privately managed detention centre in England, operated by Serco on behalf of the Home Office. It is in the grounds of Gatwick Airport, Crawley, West Sussex. Brook House opened in March 2009 [1] as a newly built facility with a capacity of 448 detainees, which increased to 508 in 2017.