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detention centre

British

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

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One of Abdou's brothers said he received information that he was in a detention centre in the Tangier region.

From Barron's

Speaking from an immigration detention centre in Arizona, he said he feared for his life if he returned to Iran.

From BBC

The teenagers will now be released from the juvenile detention centre where they have been held for more than five months.

From BBC

The couple - both Christian converts from Iran who had applied for asylum in the US - were taken to separate detention centres.

From BBC

The suspect, arrested on Saturday in the capital's southern Neukoelln district, was being kept in a detention centre and was to be brought before an investigating judge later Sunday.

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