Activists picket outside detention center: Shut down Yarl’s Wood

Hundreds of activists have picketed outside a UK detention center, demanding the facility be shut down over sexual abuse and mistreatment of female detainees.

The protest was held on Saturday around the building of the Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Center in Bedfordshire where about 400 predominantly female migrants await their deportation from the UK.

The protesters created a wall of noise around the controversial site, kicking the 20-feet fence, banging pans and chanting through mobile PA systems.

The demonstrators were chanting “no sister is illegal” and “no borders.”

The female inmates showed their support and waved through narrow, mirrored glass windows that can only be cracked opened by two or three inches.

Also, some of the women inside the sprawling campus went on hunger strike in the wake of the protest.

The event was organized by the Movement for Justice which wants the Bedfordshire center to be closed with immediate effect.

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