Our friends at Women for Refugee Women and the End Detention group, the lived experience group of women with experience of immigration detention, are taking action this Valentine’s Day! Valentine’s Day is a day of love, compassion and [...]
Our friends at the Refugee Council recently highlighted that the government has quietly changed the rules on detention following the Manston crisis a month or so ago - extending lawful detention for people seeking refugee protection to 96 hours. [...]
This month we saw the publication of a damning report by His Majesty's Inspector of Prisons following an unannounced visit he had made to Hassockfield detention centre (now called the Derwentside IRC) back in August. The best response [...]
It was sobering to see the reports in the press recently highlighting the fact that the number of people detained in immigration detention facilities increased sharply in the last year. The amount increased to 2,987 in the year [...]
BID, Medical Justice and Public Law Project have just published research – Every move you make: the human impact of GPS tagging in immigration bail – documenting the harm caused by Electronic Monitoring in the immigration system. The [...]
Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group (GDWG) working in partnership with the Strategic Public Law Clinic (SPLC) have released a new report The Right to Community Equivalent Healthcare in Immigration Removal Centres: A Public Law Analysis of Systemic Issues in [...]
A new report by HM Inspector of Prisons, out yesterday, has shown that delays and confusion have kept people in immigration detention behind bars unnecessarily. Their review of the experience of immigration detainees held in prisons has found [...]
There have been reports in the media that people are being held at the Manston short-term holding facility in Kent beyond the 24-48 hours with some people staying there for a week. The Prison Officers Association has described [...]
The next national demonstration against the new detention centre at Hassockfield (Derwentside) will be held 12-2pm on Saturday 15th October 2022 outside the centre. Their speakers will be those with lived experience and they have music from, amongst [...]
Just after the sad news that the Home Office intends to re-open Campsfield detention centre, we've just heard the bleak news that they are now planning to re-open the Haslar detention centre in Gosport, Hampshire. After years of [...]