Seven immigration offenders broke out of Campsfield detention centreSeven immigration offenders broke out of a detention centre – as the Home Office launched a new bid to toughen up its enforcement of immigration laws.
The embarrassing security breach saw the men flee the Campsfield House centre, in Oxfordshire, just before 4am on Thursday.
Four were later re-captured – including one caught bicycling away from the scene and one with ankle injuries after leaping over the perimeter fence.
Another escapee was later found seven miles away at the Oxford University Botanic Garden, although staff denied reports the fugitive had helped himself to their tomato crop. The remaining three men are still being hunted by police.
The fiasco overshadowed the Government’s launch of a strategy to deal with immigration offenders, including plans on detention and deportation. It also cast a shadow over a series of raids by police and immigration officers to… Read the full story