Pennine House Immigration Removal Centre

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Pennine House was a United Kingdom Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), where individuals were held while awaiting decisions on their asylum claim or being considered for deportation. It was closed in 2017 and was replaced the following year by Manchester Short Term Holding Facility. [1]

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Pennine House was located in Terminal 2 of Manchester Airport. [2] It opened on 30 November 2008. [3]

There were bed spaces for 32 people. [2] The centre had a lounge area, dining room, with permanent access to fresh fruits, drinks and snacks, fresh air and smoking areas, access to on call chaplaincy team based at the airport, and a shop. [2]

In 2013, a detainee died from a suspected heart attack. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Scheerhout, John (12 June 2018). "What goes on behind the doors of an immigration removal centre". Manchester Evening News. M.E.N. Media. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "IRC Pennine House – Immigration Removal Centres". Inside Time. The New Bridge Foundation. 6 January 2015. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "Second Correspondence submitted by the UK Border Agency". www.parliament.uk. 7 November 2011. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  4. ↑ Yakub, Qureshi (7 August 2013). "Probe call after asylum seeker dies at Manchester Airport detention centre". Manchester Evening News. Reach Plc. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2024.

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