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
editPennine 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "IRC Pennine House – Immigration Removal Centres". Inside Time. The New Bridge Foundation. 6 January 2015. 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.