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House of Lords / 26 Jan 2010 : Column WA316 Asked by Baroness Stern To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many children were detained at Tinsley House immigration removal centre for more than 72 hours during 2009. [HL1125] The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead): During 2009, 111 children were detained [...]

Press release from: Brighton No Borders Last night Crawley Borough Council Development Control Committee rejected by 14 votes to 1 the planning application by Arora International Hotels Ltd. for permission to convert the 254 bed Mercure Hotel in Povey Cross Road, Crawley into an immigration detention centre. During the meeting, apart from the council planning [...]

Report on an unannounced short follow-up inspection of Tinsley House IRC 13–15 July 2009 by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (Download the full report) Anne Owers said: “Overall, this is a deeply depressing report. Provision across a number of areas at Tinsley House had deteriorated since our last visit. In particular, the arrangements for children [...]

Figures on self-harm in UK immigration detention between July and September 2009 inclusive, under the following headings: 1) Number of incidents of self-harm requiring medical treatment (total: 56) 2) Number of individuals on formal self-harm at risk. (total: 444) For tables including breakdown by detention centre, click here to

A 10-year-old Nigerian girl placed in immigration detention for a second time - despite warnings from experts that she might try to kill herself if she was incarcerated again - has been found trying to strangle herself at Tinsley House immigration removal centre. Adeoti Ogunsola told the guards she would rather die in England than [...]