Tuesday 25th November 2025

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Students join demonstration to keep Campsfield House immigration detention centre closed

Approximately 50 protesters staged a demonstration outside the Campsfield House immigration detention centre in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, this afternoon. The protest included students from the University of Oxford and was organised by the Coalition to Keep Campsfield Closed. The group...

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