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 [...]

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. [...]

We were saddened to learn of the Government's recent deal with the French Government to open a new detention centre in Dunkirk, Northern France. This 140 capacity centre is aimed to detain people from the top nationalities looking to find [...]