Failed asylum seekers and foreign prisoners in England, including many Jamaicans, could be deported starting in September following Wednesday's opening of a new immigration centre in Britain.
The centre means that the United Kingdom Border Agency can now hold up to 3,400 people in detention at any one time.
The main objective of the centre is to ensure that those due for deportation are not allowed back into the community before they are removed.
The British Government has already launched two nationwide enforcement campaigns and the UK Border Agency's enforcement activity has resulted in 14 hundred arrests, 330 prosecutions and 260 removals.
Meanwhile, it is becoming easier for some failed asylum seekers to regularise their status with a reduction from 12 to 8 years, if they have had no criminal convictions.
While there has been a significant reduction in the number of Jamaicans behind bars in England in recent times, Jamaicans still account for the highest number of foreign nationals incarcerated.
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