Police and riot teams have reportedly been deployed to Harmondsworth detention centre following an overnight disturbance.
It occurred after a power outage at the west London centre, a Home Office spokesperson told Sky News. No one has been reported injured, and power was still down at the site as of 9am local time.
They withdrew an earlier claim that detainees "armed with various weaponry" left their rooms and entered the courtyard.
Work is currently underway to resolve the issue and appropriate authorities have been notified and are on the scene, the Home Office added.
Around 100 inmates staged a protest in the courtyard after the power outage, The Guardian reported.
The protest halted a move of about 100 residents to the Manston processing centre in Kent, it added.
No one held at the site is said to have left the premises, known as the Colnbrook immigration removal centre, located close to Heathrow Airport.
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