Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
Entrance to the centre | |
| Location | Bedfordshire, United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates | 52°11′43″N 0°29′05″W / 52.19528°N 0.48472°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Immigration removal centre |
| Opened | 19 November 2001 |
| Managed by | Serco |
Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre is an immigration detention centre for foreign nationals prior to their deportation from the United Kingdom, one of 10 such centres currently in the UK. It is located near Milton Ernest in Bedfordshire, England, and is operated by Serco, which describes it as "a fully contained residential centre housing adult women and adult family groups awaiting immigration clearance." Its population is, and has been, overwhelmingly female.