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Campsfield's Riot

Liberation Summer 1994 · 500 words

Asylum and migration

NO DETENTION fo yum N AMNESTY for o AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY Into the ayonta on Juno arcarried ouf by human rights organisations, Oxford County and Ciry unionists and testimony by anonymous affidavita from detaine elling on false documents, the detention cen, run by Group 4 security, has been built Campaign to with the specific purpose Close of locking up asylum seekers who have commited no offence, without trial or time limit, and without even the basic Rd, Oxford, rights granted to con- 0X4 1RQ. victed prisoners. Telephone As part of the struggle (0865) against state racism, Liberation! fully supports the 724452, demands of the Cam- 726804 or to Close 727718. Campsfield • By Jake Farrior In the first week of June, 500 people demonstrated outside Campsfield Detention Centre to show their opposition to the government's racist immigration laws and the brutal treatment dealt out to asylum seekers.

Riot

The following day inmates at the centre rioted against the removal without justification or warning of Ali Tamarat for summary deportation Algerian army following his deportation from Britain, having been refused the right to asylum.

Hunger strike

On the night of the riot, another Algerian who had been on hunger strike for 25 days requested a doctor, who never came. The detainee banged his head against the door of his cell untill he became unconscious.

The Home Office has done all it can to both cover up the brutal treatment that detainees face, and to prevent the detainees making contact with supporters outside.

The centre has installed mirror glass, a high wall and other security measures to prevent asylum seekers making contact with • you aren't). • Name Address Post code Telephone the outside world. Charles Wardle, the Immigration Minister, has quite clearly lied about the events of June 5, claiming that only four people were: injured during the riot, all with leg or foot injuries, with another women being taken out in an ambulence due to an asthma attack, though they have refused to inform her solicitor of her whereabouts. Eye witness accounts confirm that at least eight people were removed from the detention centre in four ambulances, with an unknown.number being carried away in another three more. They also report 200 police being sent in, including tactical support units,and that one detainee jumped head-first off the roof of the building. Liberation! is produced by a network of young pooplo working logether for a youth movement that fights to improvo our rights and our world. If you want to join Liberation!, or if you want moro А! information, send in this coupon.

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