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Morton Hall Immigration Detention Demo
Sat 11th March, 2017 @ 12:00 - 14:00
SOUTH YORKSHIRE MIGRATION AND ASYLUM ACTION GROUP
JOIN US ON SATURDAY 11 MARCH 2017 12 NOON
TO SURROUND MORTON HALL IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTRE
Morton Hall Village, Swinderby, LINCOLN, LN6 9PT
“STOP DEATHS IN DETENTION: SHUT DOWN DETENTION CENTRES”
There have been THREE deaths in recent weeks in Detention Centres TWO of them at Morton Hall. There have been twenty-nine deaths in immigration removal centres since 1989; three women and the rest men. Harmondsworth detention centre accounts for eight deaths; five people have died at Colnbrook; three at Yarl’s Wood and Morton Hall and two each at Campsfield, Haslar and The Verne. One person has died at each of the detention centres Dungavel, Dover, Oakington (now closed) and Pennine House (a short-term holding facility).Five people have died shortly after release (Source: Institute for Race Relations)
Morton Hall Immigration Removal Centre is run by the Prison Service for the Home Office and can detain 392 people. Morton Hall is 8 miles SW of Lincoln. There is a railway station at Swinderby just outside the village with very infrequent links on the Nottingham / Lincoln line. Sheffield is around 1 hour 15 minutes’ drive on A57 and A1, Leeds 1 hour 30 minutes on the A1, Nottingham one hour away on the A46, Manchester 2 hours via M62 and A1.
JOIN US ON 11 MARCH WITH YOUR BANNERS AND NOISE, WE WILL SURROUND MORTON HALL AND DEMONSTRATE OUR SOLIDARITY WITH PEOPLE DETAINED THERE AND DEMAND “SHUT DOWN ALL DETENTION CENTRES”
Further details from John Grayson SYMAAG j.grayson@phonecoop.coop Mob 07887 481355
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