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Valentine’s Day Campaign Action

Our friends at Women for Refugee Women and the End Detention group, the lived experience group of women with experience of immigration detention, are taking action this Valentine’s Day! Valentine’s [...]

By |February 14th, 2023|Comments Off on Valentine’s Day Campaign Action

Amendment to short-term holding facility rules

Our friends at the Refugee Council recently highlighted that the government has quietly changed the rules on detention following the Manston crisis a month or so ago - extending lawful detention [...]

By |January 12th, 2023|Comments Off on Amendment to short-term holding facility rules

Damning report on Hassockfield Detention Centre

This month we saw the publication of a damning report by His Majesty's Inspector of Prisons following an unannounced visit he had made to Hassockfield detention centre (now called the [...]

By |December 23rd, 2022|Comments Off on Damning report on Hassockfield Detention Centre

Rise in people detained -but there is an alternative!

It was sobering to see the reports in the press recently highlighting the fact that the number of people detained in immigration detention facilities increased sharply in the last year. [...]

By |December 20th, 2022|Comments Off on Rise in people detained -but there is an alternative!

New report on GPS tagging

BID, Medical Justice and Public Law Project have just published research – Every move you make: the human impact of GPS tagging in immigration bail – documenting the harm caused [...]

By |November 9th, 2022|Comments Off on New report on GPS tagging

New report from the Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group

Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group (GDWG) working in partnership with the Strategic Public Law Clinic (SPLC) have released a new report The Right to Community Equivalent Healthcare in Immigration Removal Centres: [...]

By |October 28th, 2022|Comments Off on New report from the Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group

New report by HM Inspector of Prisons

A new report by HM Inspector of Prisons, out yesterday, has shown that delays and confusion have kept people in immigration detention behind bars unnecessarily. Their review of the experience [...]

By |October 14th, 2022|Comments Off on New report by HM Inspector of Prisons

Manston camp like a pressure cooker

There have been reports in the media that people are being held at the Manston short-term holding facility in Kent beyond the 24-48 hours with some people staying there for [...]

By |October 7th, 2022|Comments Off on Manston camp like a pressure cooker

Next National Demonstration – No to Hassockfield

The next national demonstration against the new detention centre at Hassockfield (Derwentside) will be held 12-2pm on Saturday 15th October 2022 outside the centre. Their speakers will be those with [...]

By |October 7th, 2022|Comments Off on Next National Demonstration – No to Hassockfield

Keep Haslar closed

Just after the sad news that the Home Office intends to re-open Campsfield detention centre, we've just heard the bleak news that they are now planning to re-open the Haslar [...]

By |September 27th, 2022|Comments Off on Keep Haslar closed

The cost of immigration detention

We thought that it was helpful to highlight a recent Parliamentary question asked by Alison Thewliss MP of Simon Baynes MP, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office/ [...]

By |September 14th, 2022|Comments Off on The cost of immigration detention
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