Yet another damming report on Oakington Immigration Centre has been published, this time by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (HMCIP). The content has been discussed in an article entitled: Immigration centre ‘is unsafe’ published on the BBC News website on the morning of Friday, 12 December 2008.
Initially the report wasn’t available online, so [...]
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Oakington IRC - 2008 Report by the Chief Inspector of Prisons - Click for Full Article
Friday, December 12, 2008
Threatened Deportation of Watford footballer Al Bangura - Click for Full Article
Sunday, December 16, 2007
David Howarth,
I would like to draw your attention to the situation of Watford footballer Al Bangura who is facing deportation to Sierra Leone and add my voice to those calling for the Home Office to reverse its decision to deport him.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/watford/7111120.stm
Al Bangura has built up his life in the UK establishing great ties to our [...]
Oakington IMB Application - Click for Full Article
Sunday, December 2, 2007
I applied to become a member of the Independent Monitoring Board at Oakington Immigration Centre on the 2nd of December 2007.
The two primary questions on the application form asked why I wanted to be a member of the IMB and what skills and abilities I had to offer, my responses to these questions, which were [...]
Inquiring about the Oakington IMB - Click for Full Article
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Dear Penny Lambert (IMB Chair, Oakington IMB),
Having recently written to the IMB secretariat I understand that you currently have a vacancy on Oakington’s IMB. Could you please let me know if you are currently actively trying to fill this vacancy. The IMB secretariat has written to me saying: “Recruitment is carried out at a local [...]