Architects' drawing of the proposed centre.
Over three storeys high, it would be the biggest in Europe, and six times the size of Sainsbury's in Kidlington.

DISTRICT COUNCIL GIVES THE GO-AHEAD: OPPOSITION CONTINUES

The Coalition Against the Bullingdon Immigration Removal Centre (CABIRC) was launched in November 2008 to oppose the Government's plan to open a new 800 bed detention centre near Bicester on the grounds that it is inhumane, costly, and unnecessary. 

You can download our full submission to Cherwell District Council Planning Committee
Or read briefly about why we oppose the centre
For detailed information about the reality of immigration detention centres you can read the recent report
'Detained Lives: the real cost of indefinite immigration detention'

cabirc supporters include:

Individuals:
Kaye Adshead, playwright
Robb Johnson, singer songwriter
Leon Rosselson, singer songwriter
Benjamin Zephaniah, poet

Non-governmental organisations:
Actors For Refugees
Asylum Welcome, Oxford
Bicester Refugee Support group former members
Campaign to Close Campsfield
Network of Oxford Women for Justice and Peace
Refugee Resource, Oxford

Political and trade union
Oxford & District Trades Union Council
Oxford District Labour Party (incl. Oxford East and Oxford (West) and Abingdon constituencies)
Banbury Constituency Labour Party
Oxfordshire Green Party
Banbury Constituency Liberal Democrats
UNISON Oxford University & Colleges Branch

Bicester Chamber of Commerce has called for the planning application to be turned down on the ground that the applicant has not established overriding need for the centre.