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Following the death of a Chinese person at Dungavel in Scotland and the Panorama documentary on Brook House near Gatwick Airport, immigration detention is yet again under intense scrutiny. At the Labour party conference in Brighton, a number of campaigners [...]
Social media volunteers needed! Deadline 2 October 2017 We are looking for one to two (or maybe three) enthusiastic and curious volunteers who have a deep interest in and commitment to migrants rights movement and challenging immigration detention and can help us increase [...]
Responses to the Panorama documentary on Brook House Immigration Detention Centre - will the government be let off the hook again? The undercover Panorama documentary on Brook House Immigration Detention Centre prompted a range of reactions and comments from all [...]
Our parliamentary latest briefing paper, Immigration Detention in the United Kingdom, is now available. You can download it here. Now is the time that you speak to your MPs, Peers and your communities about the urgent need for detention [...]
The Detention Forum statement in response to the news of G4S suspending its staff as part of abuse investigation. 'We welcome the news that G4S has suspended nine staff members who are being investigated over allegations of abuse. [...]
Image by @Carcazan The latest detention statistics released today reveal that the Government is failing to drastically reduce the use of immigration detention as recommended by the Parliamentary Inquiry and the Government-commissioned Shaw Review. Nearly 28,000 migrants are [...]
Photo by Calvin Hanson on Unsplash Have you read the latest CPT factsheet on Immigration Detention? In March 2017, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) published a useful [...]
Photo by Edwin Andrade on Unsplash What will the next Government do about immigration detention? Who is going to be your next MP? Ask your parliamentary candidates if they agree it’s #Time4aTimeLimit! The General Election is going to take [...]
At the last Quarterly Meeting of the Detention Forum in April 2017, we had a chance to reflect on the recent Westminster Hall debate on Detention of Vulnerable Persons, led by Anne McLaughlin MP (SNP) on 14 March [...]
There has been a threefold increase in self-harm and a decline in safety in Morton Hall immigration detention centre, according to the inspection report published today. The report also highlights that the centre, which holds up to 392 [...]