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CAMPSFLED

Yesterday morning (19th), seven detainees broke out of the Campsfield Detention Centre for asylum seekers in Kidlington, six miles from Oxford. While three were recaptured, four are still at large. Of the four, two are Palestinians and one is Afghan, all who apparently have been told they have 'safe' homelands to return to. Police are combing the area and are calling out for the public to look out for ‘dishevelled, disorientated individuals’.

This is just the latest act of resistance from inmates at Campsfield, the privatised prison run by Group 4. Last August during a riot at Campsfield against appalling conditions, 26 broke out, with 15 recaptured, and there’d been previous rioting in March, and another last December.

www.closecampsfield.org.uk

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