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Immigration prisoners

01 May 1993

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Nearly 6,500 people were detained for more than seven days under the Immigration Acts in 1992, including asylumseekers, according to immigration minister Charles Wardle. On any given day there are between 300 and 600 immigration prisoners, of whom over 50 have been detained for over six months. Apart from airports (Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Manchester) and immigration detention centres (Harmondsworth, Haslar) immigrants and asylum- seekers were detained in prisons at Bedford, Belmarsh, Birmingham, Brixton, Dorchester, Durham, Exeter, Gloucester, Holloway, Holme, House, Leeds, Leicester, Lewes, Lincoln, Pentonville, Woodhill, Wormwood Scrubs, Crumlin Road (Belfast), Gateside, Barlinnie, Craiginches and Saughton; and police cells were also being used. There were plans to provide an extra 300 places for immigration prisoners between 1993 and 1995.

Hansard 11.2.93 col 771; 23.2.93 col 495; 16.3.93 col 172.

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