This post was written by the Morton Hall Detainee Visitor Group (MHDVG). The quotations included in the post are from people currently detained in Morton Hall, who have spoken with MHDVG for this piece. Morton Hall Immigration Removal [...]
Image courtesy of Freed Voices This post is written by Hamid, who has experienced immigration detention. His testimony was provided for Detention Action's forthcoming annual report. In the three and a half years I was in detention, I was [...]
The writer visited one of the wings of Brook House Immigration Removal Centre a few years ago. This is an edited version of his diary. Several months previously, I was part of a small group of people who [...]
Estelle Worthington is Regional Activism Co-ordinator, North West. She writes about how local organisations came together to collect evidence for the ongoing parliamentary inquiry into immigration detention. Over the last month, I’ve had the opportunity to hear many [...]
Image courtesy of Michael Collins This article by H was published as part of Unlocking Detention series on Open Democracy. One man tells of his experience of being incarcerated in the UK for three years for being a migrant, [...]
Henry, currently detained in Haslar detention centre and facing deportation to Nigeria, has been previously featured on this blog writing powerfully about "Too many laws, not enough justice". You can read Henry's blog post here. Henry has now [...]
This article by Phil Miller and Clare Sambrook is from Open Democracy. Image: painting by Lucy Edkins from Mental Health in Immigration Detention Action Group Initial Report December 2013. Four years ago G4S was involved in the unlawful [...]
Campaign to Close Campsfield is a campaign group based in Oxford which has been calling for a closure of Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre for many years. They are one of the members of the Detention Forum. We [...]
This article by Melanie Griffiths originally appeared in Open Democracy's #unlocked series. Alongside calls for the reduction or ending of immigration detention, we must demand more balanced coverage from our media. Melanie Griffiths reports on two decades of [...]
This article was written by Jerome Phelps of Detention Action, a member of the Detention Forum. The article first appeared in Open Democracy on 15 September. A young Guinean woman has become the sixth victim in three years [...]