Fair Begins Here
This week saw the launch of the new campaign from Together with Refugees: Fair Begins Here and at Detention Forum we are keen to do all that we can to promote it in the months to come. The Fair [...]
Tragic death of an Albanian man in detention
We were devastated to learn about the tragic death of an Albanian man on Friday at Brook House, the detention centre near Gatwick Airport. Our thoughts are with his family and friends and the wider community affected by [...]
National demonstration to Keep Campsfield Closed
We are keen to share news of the inaugural national demonstration to Keep Campsfield Closed, organised by the Coalition to Keep Campsfield Closed and Oxford Student Action for Refugees. The protest will take place at the site of [...]
Brook House Inquiry Report
Yesterday we saw the long awaited publication of the Brook House Inquiry Report, and what a damning indictment of the immigration detention system in the UK it is. Its findings are sobering and it makes a clear argument [...]
UNHCR publishes summary of two alternative projects
In addition to publishing their evaluation of the second Home Office Funded community based alternative to detention pilot project, they have also published a helpful summary of the two pilot projects. This summary includes the first pilot, run [...]
Support grows for new humane approach
Support is growing for the compassionate and humane approach to immigration developed by the King's Arms Project through their Home Office funded alternative to detention community based pilot project. The evaluation report was published last week by UNHCR. [...]
A humane alternative to detention
Recently the evaluation report of the second Home Office funded alternative to detention pilot project was published. A two-year pilot ran by King’s Arms Project, in Bedfordshire, demonstrates a cost-effective and more humane alternative to detention centres. Being [...]
New National Refugee Strategy
Our friends at the Refugee Council recently published their ambitious new national refugee strategy for the UK. It sets out a coherent plan to tackle channel crossings and create a fair and functioning asylum system that delivers order [...]
Experiences following a negative asylum decision
Our sister network, NACCOM, with members across the country tackling destitution, has just published an important report on the experiences of people following a negative asylum decision. It makes for sobering reading all the more so because its [...]
UNHCR statement on ‘Illegal Migration Bill’
The Government's Refugee Ban Bill, the so-called 'Illegal Migration Bill' was passed by Parliament this week. The UNHCR put out a very strong statement in response, and we were keen to re-produce it in full. It makes for [...]