We can’t afford to delay change any longer: The Joint Committee on Human Rights publishes its report on immigration detention
Image by @Carcazan Today, the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) adds its voice to a growing call for a 28 day time limit on immigration detention. In concluding the Committee’s months-long inquiry into immigration detention, the report makes five proposals for detention reform, including the introduction of a 28 day time [...]
What detention reform did political parties promise at the General Election 2017 (and 2015)?
Image by @Carcazan With increased attention on parliamentarians’ public declarations of interest in ending indefinite detention, it is worth revisiting what was said by political parties about immigration detention, if at all, in the run-up to the General Election in 2017 and how their position (at least the one described by [...]
Why are bills an important part of a campaign?
Photo by Marcin Nowak on Unsplash As part of the UK’s ‘preparation’ for Brexit, a bill called the Immigration and Social Security Coordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill is currently before Parliament. The purpose of the bill is ‘to end free movement of persons into the UK and make European Union (EU), European Economic [...]
Is it finally time for a time limit?
Image by @Carcazan The past 18 months have seen a flurry of immigration detention-related inquiries. If nothing else, this makes plain that we still need solutions to the entrenched problems associated with indefinite detention identified by the cross-party parliamentary inquiry back in 2014-15. In September 2017, the Home Affairs Committee launched an inquiry [...]
Your guide to #Unlocked18
#Unlocked18 marked the 5th year of Unlocking Detention, our virtual 'tour' of the UK's immigration detention estate. Whether you followed the tour from the beginning or you're just joining us now, we hope you find something to whet your appetite for learning more about detention and how to challenge it. [...]
“What is the point of being in politics if you don’t try to challenge what you think is wrong?”: Baroness Sally Hamwee named Detention Forum Champion
Baroness Sally Hamwee has been named Detention Forum Champion. She joins MPs Dame Caroline Spelman, Paul Blomfield and Stuart McDonald among parliamentarians recognised for their long-standing commitment to immigration detention reform. Last month, representatives from LD4SOS (Liberal Democrat Seekers of Sanctuary), Freed Voices, Detention Action, JRS UK and the Detention Forum presented Baroness Hamwee with a Detention [...]
On International Migrants Day – reasserting the humanity and dignity of people in immigration detention
Image by@Carcazan After weeks of our virtual ‘tour’ of detention centres which began in October, Unlocking Detention ends today, on International Migrants Day. People who are in immigration detention generally do not feature on International Migrants Day – the ‘out of sight, out of mind’ policy of locking people up [...]
“It is only an accident of fate that I was born in the UK.” Interview with Baroness Hamwee about her detention reform work
Image by @Carcazan K.A., an expert-by-experience, interviewed Baroness Hamwee, a long-term advocate for detention reform in the House of Lords. She was recently named as a Detention Forum Champions, recognising her tireless work on challenging immigration detention. ================================================================ Hello Sally, My name is K.A. I spent 5 months in immigration [...]