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Amendment to short-term holding facility rules
Our friends at the Refugee Council recently highlighted that the government has quietly changed the rules on detention following the Manston crisis a month or so ago - extending lawful detention [...]
Damning report on Hassockfield Detention Centre
This month we saw the publication of a damning report by His Majesty's Inspector of Prisons following an unannounced visit he had made to Hassockfield detention centre (now called the [...]
Rise in people detained -but there is an alternative!
It was sobering to see the reports in the press recently highlighting the fact that the number of people detained in immigration detention facilities increased sharply in the last year. [...]
New report on GPS tagging
BID, Medical Justice and Public Law Project have just published research – Every move you make: the human impact of GPS tagging in immigration bail – documenting the harm caused [...]
New report from the Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group
Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group (GDWG) working in partnership with the Strategic Public Law Clinic (SPLC) have released a new report The Right to Community Equivalent Healthcare in Immigration Removal Centres: [...]
New report by HM Inspector of Prisons
A new report by HM Inspector of Prisons, out yesterday, has shown that delays and confusion have kept people in immigration detention behind bars unnecessarily. Their review of the experience [...]
Manston camp like a pressure cooker
There have been reports in the media that people are being held at the Manston short-term holding facility in Kent beyond the 24-48 hours with some people staying there for [...]
Next National Demonstration – No to Hassockfield
The next national demonstration against the new detention centre at Hassockfield (Derwentside) will be held 12-2pm on Saturday 15th October 2022 outside the centre. Their speakers will be those with [...]
Keep Haslar closed
Just after the sad news that the Home Office intends to re-open Campsfield detention centre, we've just heard the bleak news that they are now planning to re-open the Haslar [...]
National Protest against Derwentside IRC (Hassockfield)
Our friends in the North East are organising another national protest against the new detention centre in Derwentside - previously known as Hassockfield. It will be held on Saturday 15th [...]
The cost of immigration detention
We thought that it was helpful to highlight a recent Parliamentary question asked by Alison Thewliss MP of Simon Baynes MP, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office/ [...]
New research on access to justice for people detained in prison
Our friends at BID have just published a really informative report on the difficulties people detained in prison have when they try to access justice. Their new research documents the [...]