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| Disturbance at London immigration centre | Disturbance at London immigration centre |
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| There was a power outage at the Harmondsworth immigration removal centre | There was a power outage at the Harmondsworth immigration removal centre |
| Detainees armed with various weaponry caused a disturbance at a London immigration removal centre during a power outage. | |
| No one was injured during the incident at the Harmondsworth detention centre in West London, the Home Office says. | |
| It is understood that a group of detainees left their rooms and went into the courtyard at the immigration centre armed with various weaponry. | It is understood that a group of detainees left their rooms and went into the courtyard at the immigration centre armed with various weaponry. |
| There was a power cut at the premises in the early hours of Saturday. | There was a power cut at the premises in the early hours of Saturday. |
| The power was still out at the premises in west London just before 0900 GMT and the Home Office said work was underway to resolve the issue. | |
| The government said no detainees had left the premises and those involved had since been returned to their rooms. | The government said no detainees had left the premises and those involved had since been returned to their rooms. |
| Police officers and the HM Prison Service are at the scene. | Police officers and the HM Prison Service are at the scene. |
| The detention facility in West Drayton, near Heathrow Airport holds hundreds of men, including adult male asylum seekers, foreign offenders awaiting deportation and men who are in the UK illegally. | |
| It comes as the government has faced widespread criticism this week for its handling of overcrowding at an immigration centre in Kent. | It comes as the government has faced widespread criticism this week for its handling of overcrowding at an immigration centre in Kent. |
| The Manston processing centre came under the spotlight after reports emerged that migrants, including families, were being held for four weeks, in breach of the law. | |
| The site, meant to hold people for no more than 24 hours, was built to hold 1,600 migrants at any one time - but Home Office minister Chris Philp said there was more like 4,000 there on Monday. | |
| A government report on the Harmondsworth immigration removal centre found some concerns with the site including living conditions "below an acceptable standard", following a scrutiny visit last year. | |
| The chief inspector of prisons reported filthy cell toilets, problems with pests and dilapidated communal showers. | |
| Other concerns raised included high levels of vulnerability among detainees, people assessed to be at risk of harm being held for too long and detainees being locked in their cells during lunch and overnight. | |
| Earlier this week, government admitted mistakes had been made after two groups of migrants from the Manston centre were left stranded in London. | |
| They had been mistakenly taken from the Manston centre in Kent and left at Victoria station. | |
| Prime Minister Rishi Sunak described the challenge of migrants entering the UK via the English Channel as "serious and unprecedented" in an interview with the Times on Saturday. | |
| "There's no easy overnight fix to that challenge," he said. | |
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