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01/10/2008
Four Flee Immigration Detention Centre
Four immigrants have escaped from a detention camp in Cambridgeshire, the UK Border Agency has confirmed.
The Vietnamese men managed to escape via a network of pipes when they broke out of the Oakington Immigration Centre in Longstanton.
It was reported the group cut through razor wire fences after crawling through a service duct similar to those used for air conditioning.
A UK Border And Immigration Agency spokesman said: "We are currently working to recapture four detainees.
"This is an ongoing operation so we cannot comment further. We believe that these men do not pose a threat to the public."
The spokesman also said the men were being held on suspicion of possessing cannabis and forged documents.
They escaped the overnight lock-up facility - which can hold up to 352 men - between Thursday and Friday last week.
The Immigration Removal Centre, which was formally an RAF base, has been in operation since 2000.
(JM)
The Vietnamese men managed to escape via a network of pipes when they broke out of the Oakington Immigration Centre in Longstanton.
It was reported the group cut through razor wire fences after crawling through a service duct similar to those used for air conditioning.
A UK Border And Immigration Agency spokesman said: "We are currently working to recapture four detainees.
"This is an ongoing operation so we cannot comment further. We believe that these men do not pose a threat to the public."
The spokesman also said the men were being held on suspicion of possessing cannabis and forged documents.
They escaped the overnight lock-up facility - which can hold up to 352 men - between Thursday and Friday last week.
The Immigration Removal Centre, which was formally an RAF base, has been in operation since 2000.
(JM)
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