BREAKING: A violent clash has broken out at an immigration detention centre in London. Detainees with ‘various weaponry’ have been involved in a ‘disturbance’ at the Harmondsworth facility close to Heathrow Airport.
A violent clash involving armed inmates has broken out at an immigration detention facility in London.
According to a March 2021 report, the site is ‘used on an occasional basis as a short-term holding facility to accommodate people arriving across the English Channel in small boats’. ‘We are aware of a disturbance at the centre and the appropriate authorities have been notified and are on scene.The Metropolitan Police service and HM Prison Service are at the scene.
It comes amid growing scrutiny on conditions at British immigration facilities and the government’s handling of the rising numbers of people entering the country illegally.
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