Campaigners say women are kept at the site indefinitely and describe the practice as "cruel".

Campaigners say the County Durham facility for women waiting to be deported causes distress.

Inspectors made a surprise visit to the centre which opened amid protests in 2021.

Campaigners say the women at the centre were failed by the system - which the government denies.

The Home Office says the public expects the UK to remove "those with no right to be in the UK".

About 20 people laid flowers and held banners outside the immigration detention centre for women.

A project funded by the Home Office found housing women in communities was "more humane".

The Home Office said the accommodation was for women who "had no right to be in the UK."