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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. [...]
Civil society groups respond to the latest HMIP report on Yarls Wood Detention Centre
Here are some of the reactions from the civil society groups in response to the latest HMIP report on Yarls Wood Detention Centre in which the Inspector calls for a time [...]
Prisons Inspector finds that Yarl’s Wood is failing vulnerable women
Prisons Inspector finds that Yarl’s Wood is failing vulnerable women 12 August 2015 Nick Hardwick, the HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, has today found that Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre [...]
What your MP needs to know about the Parliamentary debate on immigration detention – briefing paper
The Detention Forum has prepared a briefing paper for the 10 September parliamentary debate on detention, which you can use to lobby your local MP and encourage him/her to attend the [...]
#UnlockTheDebate – Take part in the ‘alternative’ debate from 1st to 10th September
#UnlockTheDebate - Take part in the ‘alternative’ debate from 1st September to 10th September We do not want the parliamentary debate on 10 September to be just another isolated incident. [...]