In limbo : Inside Britain’s detention system
#Bedfordshire, United Kingdom - On the wall at the visitor’s reception room at the Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre, a row of clocks display the time in various countries around the world.
But for many of those detained here, time seems to stands still.
Yarl’s Wood is located one hour north of London, at the back of an industrial estate in rural Bedfordshire between a drone manufacturer and a pet crematorium. At first glance, it resembles a motel. Surprisingly clean and modern, the centre had a facelift in 2002 after most of the building was reduced to a smoking ruin after a riot by inmates.
To visit a detainee (or “resident”, to use the parlance of the authorities), one has to surrender all possessions and submit to an airport-security-style pat-down.
►http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/04/limbo-inside-britain-detention-system-201442371424250913.html
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