Record low levels of legal representation in detention
Bail for Immigration Detainees has published their latest Legal Advice Survey. It finds the lowest levels of legal representation in immigration detention in BID's 15 year records - with only 27% of detained individuals who they spoke with represented. The [...]
Lone children held at UK-run detention centres in France
The Detention Forum has long been concerned about the operation of the UK Government’s short-term holding facilities in Northern France as being at risk of being out of sight and therefore out of mind. We were pleased when HMIP did [...]
Proposed use of force on families facing enforced deportation
The Home Office has been consulting on proposed changes to Family Returns: Reforming Asylum Support and Enforcing Family Returns, with proposals regarding families with children, adults and care leavers once they are appeals rights exhausted, leaving them destitute and homeless. [...]
