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Colnbrook immigration removal centre in Uxbridge, near Heathrow airport.
Colnbrook immigration removal centre in Uxbridge, near Heathrow airport. Photograph: Tim Ockenden/PA
Colnbrook immigration removal centre in Uxbridge, near Heathrow airport. Photograph: Tim Ockenden/PA

Activists 'glued to gates' at Heathrow immigration removal centre

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Campaign group Unity, which supports asylum seekers, says group took action at Colnbrook facility near airport in attempt to prevent Africa deportation flight

Two people glued themselves to the gate of an immigration centre in an attempt to stop the departure of a deportation flight from the UK, a campaign group said.

Ten anti-deportation activists gathered to protest at Colnbrook immigration removal centre near Heathrow airport, said the Unity centre.

The protesters formed a blockade in a bid to stop a bus carrying deportees from the centre being taken to Stansted airport for a flight to Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone, the group said.

Police attended the scene on Tuesday evening for around five and a half hours but no arrests were made.

London Fire Brigade also sent a fire engine to the scene.

A Metropolitan police spokesman said: “There were a small number of demonstrators in attendance at the immigration centre who had been there since 5.30pm.

“We were on the scene with the fire brigade in a monitoring role and there have been no arrests.”

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