The Manchester Short Term Holding Facility is a United Kingdom Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), where individuals are held while awaiting decisions on their asylum claim or considered for deportation from the UK for various reasons.
Description
editIt is located in the freight terminal of Manchester Airport.[1] The Manchester Short Term Holding Facility is managed by security firm Mitie on behalf of Border Force.[2] When the Manchester Short Term Holding Facility was established in 2018, it replaced Pennine House.[3]
The centre was originally managed by Reliance Secure Task Management.[2]
In 2022, protests were held outside the facility over the Rwanda asylum plan.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Find an immigration removal centre: Manchester short term holding facility". GOV.UK. UK Government. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ a b Taylor, Charlie (2021). Report on an unannounced inspection of the residential short-term holding facilities at Larne House, Manchester Airport and Yarl’s Wood by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (PDF) (Report). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ Scheerhout, John (12 June 2018). "What goes on behind the doors of an immigration removal centre". Manchester Evening News. M.E.N. Media. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Rallies planned outside detention centres in solidarity with those locked up ahead of Rwanda flights". Big Issue. The Big Issue Limited. 15 July 2022. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2024.