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Disturbances hit immigration centre in UK
Police and prison officers were today trying to regain control of Britain's largest immigration centre after major overnight disturbances.
Several fires were lit late last night at Harmondsworth immigration detention centre, in Middlesex, setting off the sprinkler system, and causing disruption in all four wings, the Home Office said.
The unrest at the privately run removal centre, near Heathrow, appeared to be prompted by the publication yesterday of a highly critical report by the chief inspector of prisons, Anne Owers.
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The unrest at the privately run removal centre, near Heathrow, appeared to be prompted by the publication yesterday of a highly critical report by the chief inspector of prisons, Anne Owers.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/story/0,,1959849,00.html
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Riot squad fights to regain control of immigration detention centre
· Extensive damage from 'deliberate sabotage'
· Disturbance follows damning watchdog report
Alan Travis and Matthew Taylor
Thursday November 30, 2006
The Guardian
Teams of specialist prison riot squad officers drafted in from across south-east England were last night still battling to regain control of Britain's largest immigration detention centre 18 hours after a disturbance had started.
An emergency operation got under way last night to evacuate a sizeable proportion of the 482-strong population, made up of immigration detainees and foreign prisoners facing repatriation, from the privately run Harmondsworth removal centre, near Heathrow.
Lin Homer, the head of the Home Office's immigration service, last night accused those involved of "making a deliberate attempt at sabotage in order to frustrate" their deportation from Britain. She said that no injuries to staff or detainees had been reported, and 150 low-risk immigration offenders in other detention centres would now be released to make way for those evacuated from Harmondsworth.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/story/0,,1960301,00.html