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Join the Detention Forum team – we need help!
Social media volunteer(s) needed! 10 February 2015 We are looking for one or two volunteers who can help us make sure our Twitter account is always active. You need to [...]
#Time4aTimeLimit Strategy Day – 20 February 2015
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. WE HAVE NO MORE TICKETS AVAILABLE. #Time4aTimeLimit Strategy Day, 20th February 2015, 11am to 4:30pm Amnesty International, 25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA [...]
What is immigration enforcement doing to us? 20 Feb 2015, 6pm to 8:30pm, London
Please note all tickets have now been booked. If you want to be on the waiting list, please register via Eventbrite link below (10 Feb 2015). The Detention Forum invites [...]
Ask the planning committee to stop the detention expansion – updated 26 Jan 2015
Update - Please note that the planning meeting has been deferred to 19 February 2015. This means that we still have time to submit objections to the planning committee to oppose [...]
SAVE THE DATE! #Time4aTimeLimit – National Strategy Day 20 Feb 2015
12 December 2014 The Detention Forum would like to invite like-minded groups and organisations who want to campaign together for a time limit on immigration detention to our national strategy [...]
Let’s put ‘an end to indefinite detention of asylum seekers and migrants’ – Sanctuary Summit
The Detention Forum, together with many of our members, will be attending the Sanctuary Summit on 15 November 2014. We are very pleased to know that one of the 8 [...]
Oxford academics call for Campsfield detention centre expansion plan to be scrapped
Oxford dons take Mr Cameron to task over immigration detention at nearby Campsfield House Immigration Detention Centre. On Saturday 15th November 2014, the distinguished barrister and Principal of Mansfield College, Baroness [...]
Call for a moratorium on the detention expansion – Stop Campsfield Expansion
10 November 2014 As the Home Office plans to more than double the capacity of Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre in Oxfordshire, the Detention Forum is calling for a moratorium [...]
Immigration Detention and the Scottish Referendum
29 September 2014 (We asked our friend, Detention Forum Scotland, to tell us their hope for the detention inquiry in light of the 'NO' vote for the Scottish Referendum.) Many [...]
Justice, peace, truth – and no indefinite detention The Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network
One of the most exciting aspects of the Detention Forum is an opportunity to work with many groups and organisations who are not traditional "detention" organisations. We believe that a [...]
Get your voice heard! Guide for individuals for taking part in the detention inquiry
Are you in detention now? Or were you in detention? The parliamentary panel wants to hear from you so that they understand what it is like to be detained and [...]
Take part in the Detention Inquiry – here’s our guide
A guide for groups for taking part in the Detention Inquiry The Detention Forum is encouraging its members and others to make submissions to the detention inquiry and will try [...]