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“No ifs, no buts”, Theresa May! Detention Reform in Sight? Debate on the Queens Speech 2015 7 July 2015 (Belatedly...) Here's a short piece summarising some of the key comments on immigration detention made during the Queens Speech. ======================================================================= [...]

Message from the Detention Forum - 1 June 2015 Firstly, a huge thank you to everyone who took part in our “#Time4aTimeLimit – contact your future MP!” on-line campaign before the General Election. Over 500 people took time [...]

The Implications for Immigration Detention? The Government Agenda on Immigration and Quarterly Immigration statistics, January to March 2015. (26 May 2015) On 21st May, David Cameron set out his intentions for immediate legislation on Immigration, unshackled from the [...]

1 May 2015 People in Bristol have been busy organising themselves to start their immigration detention campaign.  Here's a short note from Rissa who co-ordinates the campaign.  We have heard that, since then, they have sent out a [...]

15 April 2015 On a hot sunny evening yesterday, the Detention Forum met with over 35 people representing different groups and organisations in Bristol who gathered to plan the Bristol Immigration Detention Campaign. We were also joined by [...]

Days before the General Election campaign started, the House of Lords debated the detention inquiry report.  Here's our short summary of the debate. 14 April 2015 ============================================================ The most substantial Parliamentary Debate yet on the Detention Inquiry Report [...]

Here's a short report on the action that Gatwick Detainee Welfare Group organised on 9th April 2015 with Sussex STAR. =========================================== ‘Immigration Detention: A Call to Action’ On Thursday 9th April Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group joined a panel hosted by [...]

10 April 2015 Our members, René Cassin and Detention Action, have organised a visit to the Harmondsworth detention centre near Heathrow Airport recently for a group of Rabbis.  Here's René Cassin's article which appeared on their webpage here. [...]

27 March 2015 There was a Lords Debate on the detention inquiry report yesterday, led by Lord Lloyd of Berwick who retired today. A total of 15 peers spoke at the debate, showing a broad consensus that a [...]

Meanwhile, in a Parallel Universe... – The Government’s response to the Detention Inquiry Report in Parliament so far – 18 March 2015 By the Detention Forum team (Note – Also it is worth looking at the following exchanges on 23 [...]