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9 July 2015 The Vulnerable People Working Group of the Detention Forum is publishing its report Rethinking 'Vulnerability' in Detention: a Crisis of Harm today. The executive summary is here.   The full report is here.   Our press release is below. Government’s approach to ‘vulnerability’ in detention needs urgent overhaul to [...]

Social media volunteers needed! 8 July 2015 We are looking for several volunteers who can help us make sure our Twitter account is always active publish regularly small pieces of detention-related news that we can share with others collate immigration detention related news attend detention-related events and file reports about [...]

“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. ======================================================================= On 27th May Members of Parliament crammed into the House of Lords [...]

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 to contact their Prospective Parliamentary Candidates, and a total of 1,036 candidates [...]

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 restraining influence of Coalition with the Lib Dems. The same day, we [...]

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 joint letter to local Prospective Parliamentary Candidates asking if they would work [...]

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 Dr Melanie Griffiths, a long-term activist and an academic at Bristol University. [...]

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 took place in the House of Lords on 26th March 2015. The [...]