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Close Campsfield!
The inspection report of Campsfield was finally published in April and
was highly critical of the Home Office. Among the main points of the
report were that detainees don't know why they are there, they have
nothing to do, and Group 4, the private security company who run the
centre, don't have a clue. Minister for Racist Immigration Practices
Mike O'Brien and the dreaded spin doctors managed to convey to the media
that the main recommendations were that more asylum seekers should be
locked up! O'Brien went on to renew Group 4's contract for 3 years.
Despite the confirmation of the report's author Sir David Ramsbotham
that the regime at Campsfield is probably illegal, no move has been made
to drop the charges against the Campsfield 9, whose trial started in
June. Already, an official has admitted that he couldn't recognise one
of the detainees he named as participating.
Anarchists were among those who picketed the Crown Prosecution Service
over the Campsfield 9 in April.
Source: CARF, BM Box 8784, London WC1N 3XX