Pennine House Immigration Removal Centre
Pennine House 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
[edit]Pennine House was located in Terminal 2 of Manchester Airport.[1] It opened on 30 November 2008.[2]
There are bed spaces for 32 people.[1] The centre had a lounge area, dining room, with permanent access to fresh fruits, drinks and snacks, fresh air and smoking areas, access to on call chaplaincy team based at the airport, and a shop.[1]
In 2013 there was a detainee who died from a suspected heart attack.[3] It was closed in 2017 and was replaced in 2018 by Manchester Short Term Holding Facility.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "IRC Pennine House – Immigration Removal Centres". Inside Time. The New Bridge Foundation. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Second Correspondence submitted by the UK Border Agency". www.parliament.uk. 7 November 2011. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ Yakub, Qureshi (7 August 2013). "Probe call after asylum seeker dies at Manchester Airport detention centre". Manchester Evening News. Reach Plc. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. 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.