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Some much needed inspiration!

This week the Detention Forum was fortunate enough to be invited to attend and speak at the campaign meeting of NoTo Hassockfield. They are members of our Forum, and it is always inspiring when we are able to [...]

2026-03-19T11:06:11+00:00March 19th, 2026|

Coalition to Close Campsfield

Our friends at the Coalition to Close Campsfield have sent us this important update below - do please help them to spread the word! Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre near Kidlington just north of Oxford closed in 2018 after [...]

2026-02-02T15:14:32+00:00February 2nd, 2026|

HMIP report into Derwentside

The Government’s chief inspector of prisons recently published his findings from the unannounced inspection of Derwentside IRC. We are keen to echo the views of our member No to Hassockfield on this report: The report says: “ Of [...]

2026-01-12T15:04:20+00:00January 12th, 2026|

And into 2026!

At our last Detention Forum members' meeting we took time to reflect on the current challenging external environment as seek to develop our mission of ending the use of immigration detention in the UK. We are very conscious [...]

2026-01-06T08:56:49+00:00January 6th, 2026|

Brook House Inquiry lessons ignored

As we approach the end of the year, we are keen to highlight the recent report by the Independent Monitoring Board on the use of force on people in immigration detention. After the Brook House Inquiry, this report [...]

2025-12-16T09:28:01+00:00December 16th, 2025|

National Day of Solidarity 2025

We are keen to promote the National Day of Solidarity to End Immigration Detention on Saturday, 18 October 2025 at Derwentside (Hassockfield) detention centre organised by our friends at Right to Remain and No To Hassockfield. This is [...]

2025-08-20T13:19:20+00:00August 20th, 2025|

Accessing legal advice in detention

We are keen to highlight the new report from the Jesuit Refugee Service on Accessing legal advice in detention: becoming an impossibility. The report highlights that it is extraordinarily difficult to access legal advice in immigration detention, with [...]

2025-07-28T09:50:05+00:00July 28th, 2025|

This is such a powerful story – do spread the word!

Our friends at Migrant Voice have recently produced a new newspaper in both hard copy and online formats, and we were delighted to see that they featured the powerful story of Stella on her experience in immigration detention. [...]

2025-05-08T08:35:37+00:00May 8th, 2025|

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 [...]

2025-04-02T09:39:55+00:00April 2nd, 2025|

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 [...]

2025-03-21T09:53:41+00:00March 21st, 2025|
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