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“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 [...]
“The very least we can do is speak up for those whose own voices cannot be heard.” Dame Caroline Spelman MP named Detention Forum Champion
Photo credit: JRS UK We are delighted to announce that Dame Caroline Spelman MP received the Detention Forum Champion Award last week. JRS UK, one of our member organisations, kindly presented [...]
Campsfield Detention Centre to close in May 2019
Image courtesy of Campaign to Close Campsfield The Home Office announced today that Campsfield detention centre will close by May 2019, as part of the detention reform programme announced by the [...]
“I leave you to judge”: Reflections from a visitor
This piece comes from Richard (not his real name), a volunteer with Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group who has been visiting people detained in Brook House and Tinsley House detention centres [...]
‘How do we make this work?’ – our BIG #Time4aTimeLimit meeting
Once a year, the Detention Forum hosts a reflection event for our members. It takes a lot of effort to organise it, but it is always worth it. Challenging immigration [...]
Refugee Tales: 28 tales for 28 days
This is a guest post featuring Refugee Tales’ campaign 28 Tales for 28 Days, which runs for a month from 11 September 2018. During this time, Refugee Tales is releasing 28 tales [...]
Reflections from an expert: Freed Voice member Mishka responds to Shaw’s evidence to the Home Affairs Committee
This is a guest blog from Mishka, a member of the Freed Voices – a group of experts-by-experience calling for immigration detention reform. Mishka writes under a pseudonym. Last Tuesday, the Home Affairs [...]
Why a 28 day time limit on immigration detention?
Image by @Carcazan Earlier today, Sir Stephen Shaw gave oral evidence to the Home Affairs Committee. I was half listening to the section of the session which touched on the [...]
“Everyone is vulnerable in detention”: The Bar Council calls for a time limit
Image by @Carcazan The Detention Forum is publishing a series of blogs looking at the evidence behind calls for a 28-day time limit on immigration detention. In this blog, we [...]
Detention reform: Shaw’s progress review in context
Stephen Shaw’s follow up review on the UK’s immigration detention system – Assessment of government progress in implementing the report on the welfare in detention of vulnerable persons – was published on [...]
The wait is over: The second Shaw Review is finally published
In this guest blog, originally published by Scottish Detainee Visitors, SDV director, Kate Alexander, takes a look at the follow up to 2016’s Shaw Review and presents an overview of its [...]
The Detention Forum response to the Home Secretary’s statement on the Shaw Review
Earlier today, Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, made a statement to the House of Commons on immigration detention and the second Stephen Shaw review. This independent review focuses on progress made by [...]