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Campaigners call for closure of IRC to mark World Day Against Trafficking
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PROTESTERS marking World Day Against Trafficking in Persons tomorrow are calling for the closure of Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre (IRC).

The removal centre in County Durham holds women immigrants, many of whom, campaigners from Abolish Detention say, are victims of human trafficking.

An Abolish Detention spokesperson said: “Many of the women locked inside Derwentside are entangled in webs of trafficking and modern slavery.

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