Oakington Immigration Reception Centre

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Built on Oakington Barracks, based around a World War II airfield.

During the war this base was used for Short Stirling bomber forces, as well as other assorted units. The base contracted after the war and much evidence of this is visible in farmland surrounding the current perimeter.

The centre has received repeated criticisms from the Prisons Inspector[1] and from others regarding safety of children [2] and adults detained there.

The centre was due to close in 2006 but is now expected to close in 2012. The site was acquired in March 2006 by English Partnerships[3], for a new town called Northstowe.

In January 2008 it was announced that Oakington Immigration Center was the second worse in the country. [4]


[edit] References

  1. ^ Home Office Report, published 2006-11-14, accessed 2007-07-24
  2. ^ Home Office Report, published 2005-11-15, accessed 2007-07-24
  3. ^ Government land deal will ease Cambridgeshire housing pressure, English Partnerships, published 2006-03-27, accessed 2007-05-15
  4. ^ Immigration centre second worst in UK (04 January 2008). Retrieved on 2008-01-04.