Monthly Archives: October 2015

When we ‘visited’ The Verne…

The first stop of this year's Unlocking Detention tour was the Verne detention centre. https://twitter.com/DetentionForum/status/649889152616525824 Last year when we visited the Verne, it was still a prison.  It has recently become the latest addition to the detention estate [...]

2022-10-05T20:36:18+00:00October 6th, 2015|

When an individual is detained everyone is affected

This blog post is written by Gemma Pillay, from Nottingham.  She works for the Nottingham and Notts Refugee Forum.  On Sunday 28th June 2015 I received a text from my friend Imran: Hello gemma its Imran here I [...]

2022-10-05T20:37:36+00:00October 6th, 2015|

Soft furnishings don’t hide the bars

This piece was written by Fraser Paterson, who works at Samphire. You can follow them on Twitter at @samphire_ Many people will know Dover as Britain’s main border with Europe and living here you are occasionally reminded on [...]

2022-10-05T20:38:34+00:00October 5th, 2015|
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