The first detainees were bussed into Campsfield in late November 1993. The centre is run for profit by GSL (Global Solutions Limited) and since 1993 over ten thousand people have been imprisoned here, most of them seeking asylum as is their right, none of them charged with a crime. They may be held for an indefinite period. This injustice is an injury to all - detainees and people of Oxfordshire. The UK leads Europe in the harshness and inhumanity of its immigration detentions, their number, duration and lack of judicial oversight.
Local people have demanded that Campsfield should be closed since its inception. This demand is supported by Oxford Trades Union Council, trade union branches, local Green, Labour and Lib-Dem parties, and the Councils of Oxford City, Oxfordshire County Council and Kidlington Parish.
Come along on 26 November and add your voice!
Download a copy of our poster for the twelfth anniversary demo here in pdf format (131 Kb)
Demonstrate at Campsfield main gates, Langford Lane, Kidlington Saturday 26th November 2005: 12 noon BRING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, SAUCEPANS, PLACARDS, BANNERS
Leon Rosselson
include former detainees Patricia Mukandara, Mafungasei Maikokera and
Philip Shamamba
Jean-Lous N'Tadi, Playwright
Dave Renton of the NATFHE trade union
Oxford city centre to Campsfield bike ride starts from Martyr's Memorial, St Giles at 11.00 am sharp
7 D bus from Magdalen Street West at 11.15am to Oxford Spires business park then short walk
There will be an open meeting of the Barbed Wire Britain network of anti detention groups, in Exeter Hall, Kidlington, 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm. Food will be provided.
info@closecampsfield.org.uk
01865 558145