Home Office accused of betrayal over network of new asylum-seeker centres

A new network of immigration detention units for women is being quietly planned by the Home Office, contrary to previous pledges to reform the system and reduce the number of vulnerable people held.

An initial detention centre, based in County Durham on the site of a former youth prison, will open for female asylum seekers this autumn.

Related: Britain's immigration detention: how many people are locked up?

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