April 2002
Some stories
Huge fire at Yarl's Wood detention centre
Two new detention centres for asylum seekers considered at risk of absconding were already opened in 2001. A 500-bed centre at Harmondsworth, near Heathrow Airport, opened at the beginning of October and a second, for 900 asylum seekers, at Yarl's Wood, Bedfordshire, opened on 19 November.
20 April 2002 (1022 words)