detention centre
A concentration camp.
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I love how she suggests demonising migrants is Reform’s strategy, as if none of us heard Starmer referencing Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech or seen the photos of Shabana Mahmood strutting round a refugee detention…
Better to live next a detention centre than next to reform voters.
New Detention Centre in Northern France - there is a better way We were saddened to learn of the Government's recent deal with the French Government to open a new detention centre in Dunkirk,...
if a reform canvasser comes to your door ask where this detention centre will be built? , ask if it will create well paid jobs ?if so how many ? and ask can he guarantee this will arrive if you vote green?
Hasn't Farage realised that ths is a local council election, even if Reform UK Ltd won every single seat (God forbid) then they could not build a single solitary detention centre anywhere as it is not a local issue!
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A concentration camp.
“if a reform canvasser comes to your door ask where this detention centre will be built? , ask if it will create well paid jobs ?if so how many ? and ask can he guarantee this will arrive if you vote green?”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(Australia) An immigration detention facility; a facility in which people who have attempted to enter Australia without prior authorisation are detained, pending a decision on whether they are to be accepted as refugees or returned to their country of origin.
: All jurisdictions have their own prison systems, although the Australia Capital Territory (ACT) has only one remand centre and one periodic detention centre.
“Hasn't Farage realised that ths is a local council election, even if Reform UK Ltd won every single seat (God forbid) then they could not build a single solitary detention centre anywhere as it is not a local issue!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Reform’s detention centre proposal triggers accusations of ‘poisonous’ politics”
— Bluesky· May 2026“So HM Migrant Detention Centre <insert place name here> is potentially on the cards. That will most certainly get the flagshaggers overjoyed. Thank you for your reply.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It's going to be a tough week in many places (I did think of adding - on the plus side, you won't get a detention centre built on your doorstep 🙃)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Dame Shirley Porter faced a surcharge from the District Auditor of £27m in 2001 arising from her "Homes for Votes" scandal. Reforms detention centre for votes gimmick feels exactly the same.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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A facility in which people are detained (held in custody); a jail.
“I love how she suggests demonising migrants is Reform’s strategy, as if none of us heard Starmer referencing Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech or seen the photos of Shabana Mahmood strutting round a refugee detention centre dressed like an SS Officer.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Better to live next a detention centre than next to reform voters.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“New Detention Centre in Northern France - there is a better way We were saddened to learn of the Government's recent deal with the French Government to open a new detention centre in Dunkirk,...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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