Campsfield House immigration removal centre in Kidlington, OxfordshireThe 14 men still on the run from an immigration detention centre are all convicted criminals, the Home Office has said.
A spokeswoman for the department confirmed the men had all served their sentences and were awaiting deportation at Campsfield House Immigration Detention Centre in Oxfordshire.
She said the most serious offence committed by any of the detainees was robbery.
She added: “All of the individuals are foreign national prisoners and we will be working with the police to recapture these individuals concentrating on the most serious first.”
Over the weekend police caught 12 of the 26 men who fled the detention centre on Saturday after detainees started fires and broke out.
Superintendent Robin Rickard, commanding the Thames Valley Police response, said: “Having located 12 of the escaped detainees, we are working with the Borders and Immigration Agency and GEO, who run the centre… Read the full story