detention camp

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In 2022, another group of Australians, consisting of four women and 13 children, were released from the Roj detention camp and brought back to Sydney, prompting a backlash from some in Australia.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Escape attempts from the largest detention camp in northeast Syria, Al Hol, have increased this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

After about a month, she and Nijaz were finally released from the detention camp in December 1992.

From Salon • Jul. 31, 2025

Bliss, the U.S. is constructing a new 5,000-bed immigrant detention camp.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2025

However, in view of the extraordinary facilities which the detention camp offered for acquiring dangerous diseases, he is certainly to be congratulated on having escaped with one of the least harmful.

From The Enormous Room by Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin)