Campaign win
With all of the bleakness at the moment around the current Refugee Ban Bill, we were keen to share news of a campaign win from one of our members. Our friends at Women for Refugee Women recently told [...]
Napier Barracks – the inhumane reality
As the Illegal Migration Bill progresses at haste through Parliament, a new report by our friends at the Jesuit Refugee Service shines a unique light onto the asylum system, particularly Napier Barracks. Interviews with men held at Napier [...]
Detention proposals in the new migration Bill
Further to our post last week about the Government's plans for asylum and immigration, and the robust response from the UNHCR, there has now been the second reading of the so-called 'Illegal Migration Bill' or rather the Refugee [...]
Extinguishing the right to asylum
It was incredibly sobering to hear the Government’s announcement this week on migration. Putting aside their use of language, calling people ‘illegal migrants’, when so many of them are people seeking safety and many of them will go [...]
Response to attack on Knowsley hotel
The Detention Forum was proud to be one of 180 groups which have signed an open letter to leaders of all parties in response to the attack on Friday 10th February on a hotel in Knowsley where asylum seekers [...]
Valentine’s Day Campaign Action
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 [...]
Amendment to short-term holding facility rules
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. [...]
Damning report on Hassockfield Detention Centre
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 [...]
Rise in people detained -but there is an alternative!
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 [...]
New report on GPS tagging
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 [...]