Latest detention statistics: Much room for improvement
Last week, the Home Office published its latest immigration statistics. https://twitter.com/SDVisitors/status/1101524017373163521 As Scottish Detainee Visitors point out, there are some reasons for optimism. True to its promise, the Home Office has made significant progress in decreasing the number of people in detention. Announcing the closure of Campsfield immigration detention centre in [...]
Lord Ramsbotham named as fifth ‘Detention Forum Champion’
Lord Ramsbotham, former HM Chief Inspector of Prisons and a crossbench peer, has been named Detention Forum Champion in recognition of his ongoing work on detention reform. Lord Ramsbotham joins Labour’s Paul Blomfield MP, SNP Stuart McDonald MP, Conservative Caroline Spelman MP, and Liberal Democrat Baroness Hamwee in a distinguished [...]
End indefinite detention for everyone – send your photo message to Sajid Javid and your MPs!
It’s time to take action to end indefinite immigration detention in the UK. And the Immigration Bill that is going through Parliament right now presents an opportunity to secure a 28-day time limit on detention for everyone. Join this simple social media action to show the Home Secretary and parliamentarians [...]
Joint Committee on Human Rights calls for a 28 day time limit on detention
Image by @Carcazan Earlier this month, the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) published its long-awaited report on immigration detention. This report marks the culmination of an inquiry that began in July 2018 and received 64 written submissions, as well as oral evidence from experts-by-experience, detention sector organisations, independent monitoring [...]
“This is not a party issue”: MPs say it’s #Time4aTimeLimit
Image by @Carcazan The Immigration and Social Security Coordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill is currently on its way through Parliament, despite the chaos going on around it. Tomorrow marks the beginning of the House of Commons Committee Stage, which will involve several days of discussion about various aspects of the Bill, ending on 7 [...]
We can’t afford to delay change any longer: The Joint Committee on Human Rights publishes its report on immigration detention
Image by @Carcazan Today, the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) adds its voice to a growing call for a 28 day time limit on immigration detention. In concluding the Committee’s months-long inquiry into immigration detention, the report makes five proposals for detention reform, including the introduction of a 28 day time [...]
What detention reform did political parties promise at the General Election 2017 (and 2015)?
Image by @Carcazan With increased attention on parliamentarians’ public declarations of interest in ending indefinite detention, it is worth revisiting what was said by political parties about immigration detention, if at all, in the run-up to the General Election in 2017 and how their position (at least the one described by [...]
Why are bills an important part of a campaign?
Photo by Marcin Nowak on Unsplash As part of the UK’s ‘preparation’ for Brexit, a bill called the Immigration and Social Security Coordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill is currently before Parliament. The purpose of the bill is ‘to end free movement of persons into the UK and make European Union (EU), European Economic [...]