Detainees in Oakington Reception Centre have been protesting through out the day, numbers of them assembled outside the canteen and refused to enter for meals and there was apparently a stand off between detainees and guards.

Problems the long term detainees say have been exacerbated by sudden overcrowding with detainees being moved from Campsfield to make room for detainees from Harmondsworth.

25 Turkish detainees barricaded themselves into one of the recreation rooms about midmorning.

Complaints are that staff are herding the detainees about like cattle

Detainees forced out of their beds every morning at 7.00am, then have to spend the rest of the day with nothing to do.

No education, no access to computers, none of the normal regime that many now in Oakington were used to at Campsfield.

Many detainees want to be removed, been yonks in detention but Home Office can't won't produce the paper work to ship them home.

Gobal Soultions Limited's present contract is due to end this month, not known if they have retained the contract.

Still not announced by Home Office that Oakington it to continue in operation, though building is in progress to build another block.

Oakington will be evacuated on 9th January 2007 for one day to allow last of the live bombs buried around (in) the area to be blown up.

But it ain't all doom and gloom at Oakington

8 detainees have escaped in the last fortnight and herein lies a tale

After the escapes, GSL tore down fencing around the camp allowing a local farmers prize heifers to be impregnated by low life local bulls who had been admiring the heifers from the other side of the fence and seeing their chance took it. The farmer is now suing GSL for negligence.



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