"You have to have detention in order to do removals. That is not an individual staying in that.. that is a bed space. So that's lots of people coming through that bed space. Set it against individuals either being housed in prisons and the annual costs of that or individuals being housed in hotels."
"This is a detention centre, so it has to be secure, it has to be humane, it has to be dignified. But the British taxpayer gets great value for that because it's not just the people who are removed through that, it's also the deterrent of individuals knowing that if they come to this country they will be removed and that we have the operational capacity to do it. More detention is important and that is why we are bringing that on stream."
"This is madness. We should come out of the ECHR (European Convention on Human Rights) and modern slavery treaty so illegal immigrants and foreign criminals can be rapidly, cheaply deported."
Home Office minister Alex Norris defended a planned immigration detention centre near Heathrow and described the contract cost as around £100,000 per bed per year. The centre is planned to have about 1,000 beds across proposed Harmondsworth and Colnbrook sites, with a contract starting in 2028 for six years and potential value up to £1 billion over ten years. The centre is presented as necessary to enable removals, to act as a deterrent to irregular migration, and as a cost alternative to prisons or hotels. The facility is described as needing to be secure, humane and dignified. The plan drew criticism calling for treaty withdrawal to speed deportations.
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