Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre is a UK Government-run immigration detention facility in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, near the town of Strathaven that previously was known as Dungavel Castle or Dungavel House. The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. ... Immigration Detention is the policy of indefinitely holding immigrants to a country while a determination is made as to whether they will be allowed to enter that country, or will be repatriated to the one from which they came. ... South Lanarkshire (Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, covering the southern part of the traditional county of Lanarkshire. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - UK Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I 843  Area    - Total 78,772 km... Common Green, the centre of Strathaven Strathaven (pronounced: Straven , meaning: valley of the Avon) is a small town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. ...

History

Once a hunting lodge and summer retreat of the Dukes of Hamilton, Dungavel was the eventual destination for Rudolf Hess's doomed 1941 peace mission. Dungavel was sold on to the National Coal Board in 1947. It was then acquired by the government and turned into an open prison. In 2001 its role changed and it is used for holding asylum seekers whose applications have been refused prior to their removal. It however, remains the final resting place for the thirtenth Duke of Hamilton, a naval officer whose grave lies within the close policies of the castle, adorned with a ship's anchor. Formerly the Toronto Marlboros, the Dukes of Hamilton was a hockey team that represented Hamilton, Ontario in the Ontario Hockey League for two seasons beginning in 1989-1990. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The National Coal Board (NCB) was the nationalised British coal mining company. ... The Most Noble Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton (6th March 1862–16th March 1940). ...

Current Use

It has been the scene of several protests on the basis that babies and young children have been held there prior to deportation, in some cases for over a year. The Ay Family, Yurdugal Ay and her four children aged 7 to 14 were held in Dungavel for over a year before eventually gaining asylum in Germany. Deportation is the expelling of someone from a country. ...

The Children's Commissioner for Scotland has described the facility as "morally upsetting" and has threatened to report the UK and Scottish governments to the United Nations committee on the Rights of the Child. However, former Home Secretary David Blunkett has said that "Detention, while regrettable, is an essential part of effective immigration control - to affect removal, establish identity or prevent absconding. Where it is necessary to detain individuals with children, we believe it is better that the children remain with their parents rather than split up the family". The Executives logo, shown with English and Scottish Gaelic caption The term Scottish Executive is used in two different, but closely-related senses: to denote the executive arm of Scotlands national legislature (i. ... The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ... The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by governments that ratify the Convention. ... The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office and is responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales, and for immigration and citizenship for the whole United Kingdom (including Scotland and Northern Ireland). ... David Blunkett (born 6 June 1947) is a British Labour Party politician and has been Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside since 1987. ... Although human migration has existed for hundreds of thousands of years, immigration in the modern sense refers to movement of people from one nation-state to another, where they are not citizens. ...

Although Scottish Executive ministers have no authority over Dungaval as asylum is a matter reserved to the UK Parliament in London; they are responsible for child welfare. The complex legal and political situation has added to the importance of public debate regarding the facility. The Executives logo, shown with English and Scottish Gaelic caption The term Scottish Executive is used in two different, but closely-related senses: to denote the executive arm of Scotlands national legislature (i. ... Look up asylum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In Scotland reserved matters, also referred to as reserved powers, are those subjects over which power to legislate is retained by Westminster, as explicitly stated in the Scotland Act 1998. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... In the United States, the term child welfare is used to describe a set of government services designed to protect children and encourage family stability. ...

See also

• Immigration to the United Kingdom
• Dawn Raid

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External links

• The Duke of Hamilton and Dungavel
• Close Dungavel now
• Dungavel: Questions and Answers
• A report from the meeting to close Dungavel Detention Centre
• Dungavel - Scotland's Shame by Elaine Smith MSP