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Article

29 Sep 2003

Author:
Vikram Dodd, Guardian [UK]

Yarl's Wood reopens before blaze inquiry - Lives 'at risk' as burned-out centre is reopened [UK]

The government was accused yesterday of gambling with the lives of asylum seekers after it reopened the Yarl's Wood detention centre before an inquiry into a blaze at the facility 19 months ago was completed...The centre is run by Group 4 which was heavily criticised after the fire because no sprinklers were fitted despite warnings from the fire brigade that they should be.