PRESS RELEASE
30/5/12
FOR IMMEDIATE USE
13 DARFURI MEN ON HUNGER STRIKE AT CAMPSFIELD DETENTION CENTRE, OXFORDSHIRE
DETENTION CENTRE MANAGEMENT ATTEMPT COVER-UP AND REFUSE PRE-BOOKED VISITORS
13 men from Darfur region of Sudan have been on hunger strike for 6
days at Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre in Kidlington, near
Oxford.
They are all being held in detention without time limit and without
any idea as to what will happen to them or when they will be released
or removed. They have been held for varying periods of time; the
longest being six months. They are demanding that they all be released
and granted asylum, but would rather they were removed (to a safe
place) than held arbitrarily with no time limit. They have also
complained of their treatment inside the centre, saying that they came
here asking for refuge, and instead have been locked up and badly
treated. One man who was on hunger strike has already been released.