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detention centre
noun
- a place where persons (typically asylum seekers, illegal immigrants, or people awaiting trial) may be detained for short periods by order of a court
Example Sentences
The immigration department said the women were "offered dignified treatment" after being taken to a detention centre where their biometric data and fingerprints were recorded.
But after watching interim leader Muhammad Yunus visiting three detention centres earlier this year, he thinks he was kept in Agargaon district in Dhaka.
The Columbia University protest leader was detained last month outside his campus accommodation and transferred to a Louisiana detention centre.
One such case saw a US immigration court rule on Friday that Trump's administration could deport Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent legal US resident, who has been held at a Louisiana detention centre since 8 March.
The activist has been held at a Louisiana detention centre since 8 March, when immigration officers told him he was being deported for taking part in protests against the war in Gaza.
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