Gatwick detention centre becoming less safe
Following on from the Brook House Inquiry, we were saddened to see the recent publication of another independent report this time showing that since then safety has got worse for the people detained there. The findings were published in the [...]
Outcry against Immigration Detention expansion
The Detention Forum was proud to add its name to the recent joint letter co-ordinated by AVID expressing our opposition to the proposed re-opening of the detention centres at Haslar in Hampshire and Campsfield in Oxfordshire. The signatories of this [...]
Shifting ground on alternatives to detention
In the last Parliament, we had become sadly quite used to the last Government's response to any questions about the Home Office funded community-based alternatives to detention pilot projects - for example: see here. Just recently Olivia Blake MP asked [...]