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detention centre

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detention centre
a place where persons (typically asylum seekers, illegal immigrants, or people awaiting trial) may be detained for short periods by order of a court


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PLANS to build Europe's biggest detention centre for illegal immigrants in rural England caused fury yesterday.
ASYLUM seekers who escaped from a detention centre have been urged to hand themselves in to police by a leading immigration rights campaigner.
ASYLUM seekers who escaped from a detention centre remained on the run last night.
 
 
 
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