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"You Are A Part Of This Story" - Meltem Avcil

A first hand account of one persons experience of life inside a detention center. Everyone is a part of this story.

About Meltem

Meltem is a former child detainee. She was woken up at 6:00am by eight immigration officers who rushed into her house and occupied every room on the 27th of August, 2007. She was put in a caged van and taken to the police station, and from there, to the B-class prison Yarlswood Detention Centre in Bedfordshire. Now...

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