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| Illegal immigrants riot at removal centre | Illegal immigrants riot at removal centre |
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| Illegal immigrants have injured five officers during a riot at a detention centre, according to border officials. | Illegal immigrants have injured five officers during a riot at a detention centre, according to border officials. |
| Up to 40 detainees were involved in the incident at Morton Hall immigration removal centre in Swinderby, Lincolnshire, as a result of which one detainee was taken to hospital and 12 others were transferred to other centres. | Up to 40 detainees were involved in the incident at Morton Hall immigration removal centre in Swinderby, Lincolnshire, as a result of which one detainee was taken to hospital and 12 others were transferred to other centres. |
| A UK Border Agency (UKBA) spokesman said: "All our immigration removal centres are overseen by an independent monitoring board. | A UK Border Agency (UKBA) spokesman said: "All our immigration removal centres are overseen by an independent monitoring board. |
| "Morton Hall is a safe place for detainees and staff. We will not tolerate any behaviour which might put anyone at risk of harm." | "Morton Hall is a safe place for detainees and staff. We will not tolerate any behaviour which might put anyone at risk of harm." |
| Staff were injured in disturbances on 30 December, the UKBA said, while up to 50 detainees were also involved in a protest on Christmas Day, in which no one was injured. | Staff were injured in disturbances on 30 December, the UKBA said, while up to 50 detainees were also involved in a protest on Christmas Day, in which no one was injured. |
| Both incidents were brought under control within an hour. | Both incidents were brought under control within an hour. |
| Morton Hall, a former women's prison, was reopened as an immigration removal centre in 2011 after a £6m refit. It holds up to 392 foreign national offenders, failed asylum seekers and illegal immigrants. | Morton Hall, a former women's prison, was reopened as an immigration removal centre in 2011 after a £6m refit. It holds up to 392 foreign national offenders, failed asylum seekers and illegal immigrants. |
| The UKBA's website states that inmates at the all-male centre have access to 24-hour medical services, a dentist, a "well-stocked" library with "a wide array of reading material in different languages as well as DVDs and CDs". | The UKBA's website states that inmates at the all-male centre have access to 24-hour medical services, a dentist, a "well-stocked" library with "a wide array of reading material in different languages as well as DVDs and CDs". |
| There are also indoor badminton, soft tennis, volleyball and basketball courts. | There are also indoor badminton, soft tennis, volleyball and basketball courts. |
| In September last year, 18 asylum seekers went on hunger strike at Morton Hall because they did not want to be sent back to Afghanistan. | In September last year, 18 asylum seekers went on hunger strike at Morton Hall because they did not want to be sent back to Afghanistan. |
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