UK Immigration Centre Attacked By Armed Detainees As UK Releases US Terror Alert

UK Immigration Centre Attacked By Armed Detainees As UK Releases US Terror Alert.

A London immigration center housing detainees “armed with weaponry” have been attacked, the PA news agency said Saturday, as Britain struggles to cope with thousands of recently arrived migrants.

This is happening at a time the UK released a terror alert on an imminent terrorist attack in the United States. The United Kingdom in a travel advisory to its citizens on Friday warned that terrorists are planning to attack the United States.

The UK government has been on the defensive this week after reports said some 4,000 people were being held at the Manston reception facility near Dover on the south coast with a capacity of just 1,600, reports NDTV.

Firebombs were also thrown last Sunday at another reception facility in Dover by a man who was later found dead.

It was not immediately clear exactly when the reported disturbance occurred at Harmondsworth detention center near Heathrow Airport.

The Home Office said no one was injured in the incident during a power outage.

“There has been a power outage at Harmondsworth immigration removal center, and work is currently underway to resolve this issue,” it said in a statement.

“We are aware of a disturbance at the center and the appropriate authorities have been notified and are on scene.”

The PA news agency said in a report it was understood “that a group of detainees left their rooms and went out into the courtyard area armed with various weaponry”.

The Daily Mail said police officers were initially called to the center at 7.45 pm on Friday.

Images showed specialist officers arriving with riot gear.

The British government is grappling with how to deal with a record number of migrants crossing the Channel from northern Europe in small boats.

Since the beginning of the year, an unprecedented 38,000 people have made the difficult journey, the government’s home affairs select committee was told on October 26.

Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman earlier this week caused outrage — and earned a rebuke from the new UN rights chief — for describing the arrivals as an “invasion”.

Braverman has also been criticized for allegedly refusing to find accommodation for claimants, many of whom have been kept for weeks in temporary holding centers.

Campaigners are threatening legal action against the government over conditions at the Manston facility.