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Police called to Campsfield House
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| Bob Hughes at an earlier protest at Campsfield House |
Police have been called to Campsfield House this morning after reports of more disturbances inside the Kidlington detention centre.
Officers were alerted to problems breaking out at 6.20am this morning and have set up a cordon around Campsfield, in in Langford Lane, close to Oxford Science Park and Oxford Airport.
This morning there were claims the disturbance was started when staff went in to remove a man from his cell.
Inmates became angry at his treatment and Bob Hughes, of the group Campaign to Close Campsfield, said CCTV cameras and lights had been broken.
Inmates were now on hunger strike, he added.
Mr Hughes said: "A detainee, Kevin, has called to say that Blue Wing is now devastated: water everywhere, lights and CCTV smashed, guards nowhere in sight, and blue lights either of emergency services or riot squads arriving outside the centre.
"He heard the incident that triggered the disturbance. He says that guards entered the wing earlier this morning and, unusually, locked all the cell doors before entering that of the man they removed - an african.
"I have just spoken to Mr Harris Dukai, one of the two cell-mates of the man whose removal this morning triggered today's events.
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| Detainees in a yard during the riots earlier this year |
"The man was Benin-born Mr Davis Osagie, who had been working as an immigration officer at Edinburgh Airport before a colleague it is presumed informed on him for having false papers himself.
"Mr Dukai says that 10 officers in full riot gear entered the cell with more outside at just after 5.20 this morning.
"Some of the officers used their shields to confine Mr Dukai and his other room mate - Augustine Ekhator - to their beds while the other officers dealt with Mr Osagie.
"During our conversation some detainees were attempting to start fires - unsuccessfully, I assume, but the place was now full of smoke as well as water.
"Mr Dukai told me that detainees are now on hunger strike."
Police have only said so far there was an "ongoing incident".
At the centre there are several fire engines, a heavy police presence, what appear to be prison-style riot officers in black uniforms and shields and paramedics.
Some staff from the centre are reportedly being turned away from work this morning.
In July 26 inmates escaped from the facility.
Last month detainees warned fresh trouble was brewing because of the atmosphere inside Campsfield.
9:00am Monday 17th December 2007
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CommentPosted by: surfer, Torbay on 9:48am Mon 17 Dec 07
Deport them,instead of looking after them.They do not like our hospatality put they on the next plane.
Deport them,instead of looking after them.They do not like our hospatality put they on the next plane.
Posted by: Dan, Oxford on 10:55am Mon 17 Dec 07
'Why does it cost £11,000 to deport failed asylum seekers? Why is the British tax payer paying them to set up businesses in their own Countries just so they'll leave? Why are we paying compensation to foreign sex workers brought in by foreign criminals when we can't pay our own Police their recommended pay and our own injured soldiers fair compensation for being injured for their Country? The Italians manages to deport Romanians swiftly enough and they were EU residents. When is enough enough and we just deport these people, quickly, cheaply and permanently?
'Why does it cost £11,000 to deport failed asylum seekers? Why is the British tax payer paying them to set up businesses in their own Countries just so they'll leave? Why are we paying compensation to foreign sex workers brought in by foreign criminals when we can't pay our own Police their recommended pay and our own injured soldiers fair compensation for being injured for their Country? The Italians manages to deport Romanians swiftly enough and they were EU residents. When is enough enough and we just deport these people, quickly, cheaply and permanently?
Posted by: Mr Ison, England on 1:01pm Mon 17 Dec 07
Why?
Because it's big business wrecking nations.
Why?
Because it's big business wrecking nations.
Posted by: Dan, Oxford on 1:11pm Mon 17 Dec 07
[quote][bold]Mr Ison[/bold] wrote:
Why? Because it's big business wrecking nations.[/quote] Of course it is- those Big Bad Multinationals providing employment, the Evil Capitalists providing medical care, aid and development projects. And the poor, oppressed foreign workers express their gratitude to us taking them in how? Oh- that would be by running brothels, dealing drugs, organising illegal gangs of virtual slaves, growing drugs in family homes, 'honour' killings, skimming credit cards, preaching intolerance and hatred, blowing buses and trains up- all those 'traditional' British activities. If these people had a legal right to be here we wouldn't be deporting them.
Mr Ison wrote:
Why? Because it's big business wrecking nations.
Of course it is- those Big Bad Multinationals providing employment, the Evil Capitalists providing medical care, aid and development projects. And the poor, oppressed foreign workers express their gratitude to us taking them in how? Oh- that would be by running brothels, dealing drugs, organising illegal gangs of virtual slaves, growing drugs in family homes, 'honour' killings, skimming credit cards, preaching intolerance and hatred, blowing buses and trains up- all those 'traditional' British activities. If these people had a legal right to be here we wouldn't be deporting them.
Posted by: Mr Ison, England on 1:58pm Mon 17 Dec 07
Only a quarterwit welcomes illegals.
Only a quarterwit welcomes illegals.
Posted by: Arfur Jock, Oxford on 3:21pm Mon 17 Dec 07
[quote][bold]Mr Ison[/bold] wrote:
Only a quarterwit welcomes illegals.[/quote] If it means having only 25 per cent of the brain capacity of a selfish and ignorant person like you then I'll live my life as a scarecrow thanks and not follow Dorothy to Oz.
If we can't open our doors to victims of torture, rape and oppression then we don't deserve the title "civilisation".
Mr Ison wrote:
Only a quarterwit welcomes illegals.
If it means having only 25 per cent of the brain capacity of a selfish and ignorant person like you then I'll live my life as a scarecrow thanks and not follow Dorothy to Oz.
If we can't open our doors to victims of torture, rape and oppression then we don't deserve the title "civilisation".
Posted by: Ale F, UK on 11:20am Tue 18 Dec 07
About deportation - this would break the human rights act I think (I'm not a lawyer!) - I think it's an EU law that says you can't deport asylum seekers to countries that are unsafe, where the person seeking refuge might come to harm. In this case, a lot of the time it's Iraq and Somalia, but also a lot of other countries where the situation is less known here, and where there is no solution on the horizon. So failed asylum seekers face either destitution on the streets or detention in mostly private, inhumane centres, where they are treated like criminals. Due to terrorism concerns, and probably asylum/immigration quotas, the UK's adherence this human rights law is about to be revised.
Someone above mentioned Italy's system - I think yes, it is a lot better than the UKs(one of the worst in the EU), maybe for different reasons, but there also, a lot of private detention centres are breaking human rights and allowed to do so, because the multinationals that run them (GEO, GLC, SERCO, Sodexho etc) can cope with ethics that regular prison wardens have a lot more trouble with - for example the distinction between refugee families and violent prison inmates. An easy distinction in theory, but I know it's hard to do it in practice, in the heat of the moment - an HM prison guard would know, I think, some distinction, but a private guard is there for the pay. The best jobs are deportation - also the most horrible scenes to witness - as families are separated screaming, scared and abused by the same treatment they sought to escape when attempting to claim asylum here.
About deportation - this would break the human rights act I think (I'm not a lawyer!) - I think it's an EU law that says you can't deport asylum seekers to countries that are unsafe, where the person seeking refuge might come to harm. In this case, a lot of the time it's Iraq and Somalia, but also a lot of other countries where the situation is less known here, and where there is no solution on the horizon. So failed asylum seekers face either destitution on the streets or detention in mostly private, inhumane centres, where they are treated like criminals. Due to terrorism concerns, and probably asylum/immigration quotas, the UK's adherence this human rights law is about to be revised.
Someone above mentioned Italy's system - I think yes, it is a lot better than the UKs(one of the worst in the EU), maybe for different reasons, but there also, a lot of private detention centres are breaking human rights and allowed to do so, because the multinationals that run them (GEO, GLC, SERCO, Sodexho etc) can cope with ethics that regular prison wardens have a lot more trouble with - for example the distinction between refugee families and violent prison inmates. An easy distinction in theory, but I know it's hard to do it in practice, in the heat of the moment - an HM prison guard would know, I think, some distinction, but a private guard is there for the pay. The best jobs are deportation - also the most horrible scenes to witness - as families are separated screaming, scared and abused by the same treatment they sought to escape when attempting to claim asylum here.
Posted by: Truth on 6:52am Mon 24 Dec 07
The truth is there is more than 100 riot police come in at 4pm, the disturbance started around 5am. Nobody was on hunger strike, we were just simply not given any food or drinks the disturbance lasted around 30-50min but we waited around 10hours to be moved out from the block (blue block). Even some had threaten to start a fire but no one from the outside care. For them is better we all die in the fire.
UK taxs payer didnt pay for us, it is the UN that pay.. the UN were paying to this so call removal center management 300pounds perperson perday! thats why they more peoples they kept in the more money they making.
The truth is there is more than 100 riot police come in at 4pm, the disturbance started around 5am. Nobody was on hunger strike, we were just simply not given any food or drinks the disturbance lasted around 30-50min but we waited around 10hours to be moved out from the block (blue block). Even some had threaten to start a fire but no one from the outside care. For them is better we all die in the fire.
UK taxs payer didnt pay for us, it is the UN that pay.. the UN were paying to this so call removal center management 300pounds perperson perday! thats why they more peoples they kept in the more money they making.
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