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Home Office urged to help as Yarl’s Wood cases increase demand on children’s services

Bedford Borough Council has raised concerns with the Home Office over the impact of referrals linked to people detained at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre whose...

Emergency services called to Yarls Wood following detainee protests

Order has been restored to Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre after protests among detainees broke out at around 9.30pm last night (Wednesday). Bedfordshire Police, the Fire and Rescue Service...

Final Yarl’s Wood escapee arrested by Bedfordshire Police

After 13 men broke through the perimeter fence at an immigration removal centre near Milton Ernest in early May, an eighth man has been arrested. The man in his 20s was arrested by Bedfordshire Police...

Further arrests made across the country after Yarl’s Wood escape

Police have made six arrests in connection with the recent escape of eight men from the Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre in Bedfordshire. Three of those...

Call for volunteers to help people at Yarl’s Wood Detention Centre

In the run-up to the ‘Big Help Out’ on 8 May and Volunteers Week in early June, Beyond Detention is putting a call out for volunteers to join their team. Beyond Detention provide...

Yarl’s Wood Befrienders mark their 20th anniversary with change of name

To mark its twentieth anniversary, Yarl's Wood Befrienders is 'spreading its wings' and changing its name to Beyond Detention this month...

Former detainees return to Yarl’s Wood to protest 20 years of forced detainment

Former detainees of Yarl's Wood have returned to the immigration removal centre (IRC) in Thurleigh to protest its continued operation, 20 years to the day that it first became operational. Protesters...

Home Office faces legal action over ‘immoral’ and ‘unlawful’ plans at Yarl’s Wood

A Bedford resident is threatening the Home Office with legal action over its plan to house asylum seekers at the Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre near Thurleigh. Rosie Newbigging is opposing the Home Office plans to house up to 200 asylum seekers...

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