detention centres
Immigration confinement buildings
Detention centres are facilities where people are confined, typically by government authority.
The term most often refers to immigration detention centres, where migrants or asylum seekers are held while their legal status is determined.
It also applies to juvenile detention centres for young offenders.
The British spelling; Americans write detention centers.
- jailDetention facility
- correctional facilitiesInstitutions housing convicted offenders
- guardWatchful defensive attention
- border patrolBoundary enforcement agency
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
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- UK ImmigrationBritish citizenship, British passport, Home Office, immigration law, immigration officer
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
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Unregulated international passage
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Public spaces for locals
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Status as state member
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