• Police were called to an immigration removal center close to London on Saturday.
• Inmates reportedly armed themselves with knives and chunks of wood.
• Police remain at Harmondsworth facility to support staff dealing with a “disturbance,” spokesperson said.

Following what they described as a “disturbance,” police were called to an immigration center close to London on Saturday.

According to media channel, inmates at the facility had armed themselves with knives and chunks of wood.

A spokesperson from the UK’s Home Office told media channel Saturday there had been a power outage at the Harmondsworth immigration removal center “and work is currently underway to resolve this issue.”

They added “the welfare and safety of staff and individuals detained at Harmondsworth is our key priority.”

Officers arrived at the Harmondsworth facility on Friday evening to “provide support to staff dealing with a disturbance” and remain there as of Saturday morning, a spokesperson for the city’s Metropolitan Police told media.

Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, has called for a “immediate review” of the UK’s Home Office’s handling of immigrants and asylum seekers.

Extremism was the driving force behind a second incident last Sunday in which a man threw “crude incendiary materials” at the Western Jet Foil Home immigration station in the southern English port of Dover, according to police.

The incident was inspired by a “terrorist ideology,” according to a statement released on Saturday by the UK’s counter-terrorism police agency (CTPSE).

“After considering the evidence collected so far in this case, whilst there are strong indications that mental health was likely a factor, I am satisfied that the suspect’s actions were primarily driven by an extremist ideology. This meets the threshold for a terrorist incident,” said Tim Jacques, Senior National Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Policing.

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