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Digging beneath the detention statistics, 2019: what has changed?
Digging beneath the detention statistics, 2019: what has changed? This blog was written by one of our member organisations, AVID, which supports volunteer visitors to people held in immigration detention, and appeared [...]
Two announcements from the Home Office, days before Caroline Nokes’ departure
Two announcements from the Home Office, days before Caroline Nokes’ departure Statement: Immigration Detention Reform On 23 July 2019, the outgoing Immigration Minister, Caroline Nokes, issued a statement entitled “Immigration Detention [...]
Beyond outrage, and being part of the change
One of the things we value most is an ongoing discussion with some of the Detention Forum members and volunteers about the complex nature and process of creating a social change. [...]
A joint letter to the new Home Secretary – “the system need to change now”
Together with many colleagues working for migration justice, the Detention Forum has sent this joint letter to the new Home Secretary. We urgently need a fair and humane immigration system, [...]
Detention Forum volunteers will be taking a break in August and September
29 July 2019 Many of our social media volunteers will be taking a break from their regular tweeting duty over summer, to prepare for this year’s Unlocking Detention, which starts [...]
Alternatives to detention pilots, European experience – ATD blog series
Active discussion on alternatives to detention is taking place outside the UK, particularly on how and whether small-scale alternatives to detention pilots could help the governments and civil society organisations [...]
How will migrants and civil society organisations shape the alternatives pilots? ATD blog series
How will migrants and civil society organisations shape the alternatives pilots? - ATD Blog 2 19 July 2019 In July 2018, the Home Secretary announced a new community-based alternative to [...]
‘What does a migration system without detention look like?’ ATD blog series
‘What does a migration system without detention look like?’ - ATD blog 1 19 July 2019 In July 2018, the Home Secretary announced a new community-based alternative to detention pilot [...]
Has child immigration detention ended in the UK?
3 July 2019 Has child immigration detention ended in the UK? This is a question we get asked sporadically. Ending child detention was such a huge campaign around 2009 and [...]
Could this be the end of Colnbrook and Harmondsworth detention centres? Heathrow Airport Expansion Consultation
On 18 June 2019, the government unveiled its Heathrow Airport expansion plan. It intends to build a third runway to the airport amidst concerns around its environmental impact. Buried underneath [...]
After Theresa May?
Photo by Zhifei Zhou on Unsplash Living under Theresa May’s reign as migrants was like a nightmare, and its catastrophic impact has not ended. After May’s dramatic resignation speech on [...]
Latest detention statistics: Stop tweaking, start reforming
Image by @Carcazan The Home Office published its latest immigration statistics last week. On the same day, the Government was held to account, again, for the harmful impact of its hostile [...]