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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
On Monday, they reported at least 68 African migrants killed in a US air strike on a detention centre in north-western Yemen.
The report also examined deaths in other forms of "state custody" such as mental health facilities, detention centres for migrants and asylum accommodation, and among people with learning disabilities and autism.
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.
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