Protesting Detention at Yarl’s Wood

Protesting Detention at #Yarl’s_Wood

Yarl’s Wood is a large immigration detention centre for women in the east of England. In recent years it has been plagued with controversy including alleged sexual assault on the women by guards, the imprisonment of victims of torture and sexual violence, and racism among the centre’s staff. Perhaps because of these horrific incidents, anti-immigration detention protest movements have tended to focus on Yarl’s Wood. Last summer, hundreds flocked to surround the detention centre and listen to speeches from women formerly held there. Every few months, protest groups from across the UK come together to surround the centre and call for its closure. Warwick student Keira Koroma went along to one of these protests and reported back for Lacuna.

▻http://lacuna.org.uk/migration/protesting-detention-at-yarls-wood
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