A decade of harm
We are keen to promote the new report by Women for Refugee Women on immigration detention, A Decade of Harm, has officially launched today! The research was designed and carried out by a team of 7 women who [...]
Removed animation: take action now!
We don't often have our breath taking away quite so strongly as after we watched the recent video produced by our friends at AVID. Their new animated video exposes what really happens in UK immigration detention. It is [...]
UNHCR on new Border Security Bill
As the new Border Security Bill works its way through the House of Commons, we were keen to see the latest UNHCR perspective on the Bill In particular we were struck by this statement: UNHCR is concerned that [...]
APPG on Immigration Detention
We are delighted that recently Parliamentarians held a meeting to re-establish the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Immigration Detention. Following a vote by the membership, Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP (Labour) was elected as the APPG’s new Chair, and Rt [...]
New briefing on immigration detention in the UK
We are keen to promote this new briefing from the Migration Observatory, which examines immigration detention in the UK. It discusses who is detained, for how long, with what effects, and the financial costs of operating the system. [...]
Mama Stella’s story
At our last members meeting we heard about the work of our media group at our meeting. Our media group contains people with lived experience of immigration detention in the UK and who are powerful communicators. We are [...]
Keep Campsfield Closed Demo
Our friends at the Keep Campsfield Closed Campaign have arranged the following demonstration: KEEP CAMPSFIELD CLOSED! 12 NOON 30 NOVEMBER 2024 CAMPSFIELD GATES LANGFORD LANE KIDLINGTON OX5 1RE BUS INFORMATION: S7 FROM MAGDALEN STREET (STOP C3) OXFORD People [...]
We mourn another death at Brook House
We are mourning the tragic news of another death at Brook House, after a man died at the detention centre on Sunday. This is almost a year since an Albanian man died at the same detention centre. Our [...]
Do not ignore the Brook House Inquiry
At our recent members' meeting, we discussed our three key priorities for our engagement with the new Government and Parliament. They are as follows: Keep Haslar (in Hampshire) and Campsfield (in Oxfordshire) detention centres closed A 28 day [...]
Alternatives to Detention event
The Detention Forum is happy to be joining our friends at Rene Cassin and Rainbow Migration at an online event next week promoting the compassionate alternative to immigration detention - welcome the stranger: the need for alternatives to [...]