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Abolish Detentipn - Hassocksfield activists protest against government's plan to open the 'Derwentside IRC' at Hassockfield
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Cabinet Office sets out plan for bringing services like cleaning and security back in-house
by Bethany Rielly
THE Home Office will start moving women into an “inhumane” new detention centre in just a few weeks despite widespread opposition to the plans, campaigners have claimed.
Refugee rights groups will be joined by MPs and asylum-seekers on Saturday to protest against the government’s plans to begin detaining women at Derwentside detention centre in County Durham, formerly the Hassockfield Secure Training Centre.
It is expected that women will move into the site at the end of October, a month after the start of private company Mitie’s £166 million contract to run Derwentside began on September 30.
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
