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The Immigration Bill “ping-pong” ends with a glimmer of hope for detention – our statement
12 May 2016 The Immigration Act, scheduled to receive Royal Assent in the coming days, will introduce automatic judicial oversight on the UK’s use of immigration detention for the first [...]
All eyes on detention again – the Immigration Bill returns to the Commons on 9th May – and then back to the Lords on 10th May
4th May 2016 UPDATE 10 May 2016 The parliamentary "ping-pong" process is in full swing and the Immigration Bill returns to the Lords today at 3pm, after it was debated [...]
House of Lords votes in favour of detention reform amendment
Last night (15 March), the House of Lords voted in favour of an amendment to the Immigration Bill proposed by Lord Ramsbotham, Lord Rosser, Baroness Hamwee and Lord Roberts of [...]
Stephen Shaw’s Equanimity – Evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee on the Shaw Review and Government Response
Stephen Shaw’s Equanimity - Evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee on the Shaw Review and Government Response. Stephen Shaw gave evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 9th [...]
The new Chief Inspector calls for a time limit on detention – Harmondsworth inspection report
The latest report by the Prison Watchdog published today (1 March 2016) reveals that the UK had let its largest immigration detention centre, Harmondsworth, deteriorate to an “unacceptable” level, with [...]
Do you have what it takes to join our team?
Social media volunteers needed! 19 February 2016 We are looking for two to three volunteers who can help us increase our social media presence by; making sure our Twitter account [...]
Death at Colnbrook Detention Centre
17 February 2016 The Detention Forum is saddened to hear about a death in Colnbrook Detention Centre, near Heathrow Airport. We understand that the exact circumstances of the death remain [...]
“To Restore Hope to People”: House of Lords Committee Stage, Immigration Bill 2015/16
An Opportunity in the Immigration Bill to Restore Hope to People: House of Lords Committee Stage, Immigration Bill 2015/16 – Immigration Detention Committee Stage in the House of Lords on [...]
Experts Give Evidence to MPs in Public Bill Committee on 22 October 2015
The Immigration Bill 2015 and Immigration Detention Experts Give Evidence to MPs in Public Bill Committee on 22 October 2015 [1] Peter Grady, legal officer at UNHCR, commenced the Public Bill [...]
Dover detention centre to close!
This was originally published on AVID website, and with their kind permission, republished here. Dover detention centre to close! 26 October 2015 Dover detention centre, which held 401 single male [...]
Indefinite detention? We are in the world of Kafka #UnlocktheDebate
3 September 2015 As part of #UnlocktheDebate, the Detention Forum members will be sharing their views ahead of the parliamentary debate on the detention inquiry recommendations on 10th Sep 2015. [...]
Is the Shaw Review cure to all the ills of immigration detention? #UnlocktheDebate
3 September 2015 As part of #UnlocktheDebate, the Detention Forum members will be sharing their views ahead of the parliamentary debate on the detention inquiry recommendations on 10th Sep 2015. [...]