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Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre is an immigration detention facility in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, near the town of Strathaven that is also known as Dungavel Castle or Dungavel House. It is operated by Mitie Care and Custody, under contract with the law-enforcement command Immigration Enforcement for its detention of immigrants for the Home Office. It is the only such facility in Scotland.
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Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre is an immigration detention facility in Harmondsworth, London Borough of Hillingdon, near London Heathrow Airport run by Mitie. Harmondsworth, which neighbours the Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre. It holds around 620 men.
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Dover Immigration Removal Centre was an immigration detention centre, located in the historic citadel of the Western Heights fortifications in Dover, England. The centre was operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service, and formally closed in November 2015. Dover has been designated as an historic site by English Heritage.
Haslar Immigration Removal Centre was an immigration detention centre, located in Haslar, Hampshire, England. The centre was operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. The centre closed in 2016 with the Ministry of Justice planning to retain the site for use as a prison – plans which were later scrapped. In September 2022, the Guardian reported that Haslar immigration removal centre would reopen in late 2023.
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Cedars was an immigration detention facility in Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom adjacent to Gatwick Airport. It was operated by UK Visas and Immigration with security and facilities maintenance contracted out to G4S and Barnardo's providing social workers and child welfare services.
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Immigration detention in the United Kingdom is the practice of detaining foreign nationals for the purpose of immigration control. Unlike some other countries, UK provisions to detain are not outlined in a codified constitution. Instead, immigration enforcement holds individuals under Powers granted in the Immigration Act 1971 and by the Home Office Detention Centre Rules (2001). The expressed purpose of immigration detention is to "effect removal; initially to establish a person's identity or basis of claim; or [implement] where there is reason to believe that the person will fail to comply with any conditions attached to a grant of immigration bail." Detention can only lawfully be exercised under these provisions where there is a "realistic prospect of removal within a reasonable period".
Tinsley House may refer to:
Larne House is a United Kingdom Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), where individuals are held while awaiting decisions on their asylum claim or considered for deportation from the UK for various reasons.
The Manchester Short Term Holding Facility is a United Kingdom Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), where individuals are held while awaiting decisions on their asylum claim or considered for deportation from the UK for various reasons.
Pennine House is a United Kingdom Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) where individuals are held while awaiting decisions on their asylum claim or considered for deportation from the UK for various reasons.
References
- ↑ "Find an immigration removal centre: Tinsley House, Gatwick". GOV.UK. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ↑ "Inspectors find Tinsley House removal centre 'improved'". BBC News . 26 July 2011.
- ↑ "INSPECTORS FIND G4S-MANAGED TINSLEY HOUSE IS PERFORMING WELL". G4S Media Centre. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- 1 2 "Week 3: #Unlocked17 visits Brook House and Tinsley House". unlocked.org.uk. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ↑ "IRC Tinsley House – Immigration Removal Centres". Inside Time . 6 January 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
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