On Saturday 30th July activists from Croydon, Brighton, London and elsewhere gathered in Hayward Heath, Sussex, to protest against the opening of a new detention centre for migrants in nearby Pease Pottage.

The demonstrators gathered at Muster Green in the centre of the town and walked noisely down the high street, distributing leaflets to shoppers and passers by. The demo passed through the Orchard shopping mall and finished outside the Mid Sussex Council offices, where planning permission was granted for the centre in March.

Louise Michel, one of the activists present on the demo, said: "We vow to continue our demonstrations against UKBA, Mid Sussex Council, G4S [who are running the centre] and Barnado's [who are running the centre's play
facilities]. Locking up children and their families is an abhorrence which must be stopped".