Campaigners deplore decision to re-open Campsfield
Oxford anti-detention campaigners have denounced the government announcement yesterday that it intends to redevelop and reopen Campsfield immigration detention centre in Kidlington north of Oxford. They argue that: It’s cruel and unjust– more detention means more years of uncertainty for detainees, [...]
No Pride In Detention
This blog post comes from one of our members - Rainbow Migration It’s Pride Month and people are rightly celebrating how far LGBTQI+ rights have come in the UK. But we shouldn’t let that progress blind us to the appalling [...]
Keep saying no to the Rwanda asylum scheme
We wrote back on 26th April that we should say no to the Rwanda asylum plan. The first flight was cancelled at the eleventh hour last night, but we should still keep saying no to this scheme. Back in April [...]
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The Home Office is set to close 150 asylum hotels imminently, to meet its promise to reduce the use of temporary accommodation.
But with impracticably little time to find accommodation, the number people leaving Home Office hotels only to sleep rough has more than doubled.
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