26 Oct to 1 Nov - the Unlocking Detention team looks back on the week they visited Harmondsworth detention centre, right beside Heathrow Airport. Our Harmondworth week started with ominous news, which only confirmed the UK government's commitment to [...]
This letter was written by Shariff who was detained in Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre. Dear Harmondsworth IRC, I know you are very busy at the moment but I have a few questions about the three months you held [...]
This piece by Jerome Phelps first appeared in openDemocracy on 27 October 2014. Jerome is the Director of Detention Action. The UK Court of Appeal will hear an appeal this week over the lawfulness of automatically detaining asylum [...]
Handfast For Isa Muazu by E. E. Jones Think of his starved hand Reaching for England As they stretchered him Towards the exit: his small wrist Helpless in the terminal Darkness, and his thin fingers, Through which Justice [...]
This post was written by Zoe Burton, Programme Manager (maternity cover, 2012 and 2014) for Music in Detention (MID). MID is a member of the Detention Forum. I was delighted to be recruited to Music In Detention as [...]
Image courtesy of Freed Voices This post is written by Hamid, who has experienced immigration detention. His testimony was provided for Detention Action's forthcoming annual report. In the three and a half years I was in detention, I was [...]
Refugee Action are members of the Detention Forum and used to provide advice about assisted return to people in detention, before the Home Office withdrew the contract. These are some of the experiences of one of their caseworkers. [...]
Many years ago I used to visit a man in Harmondsworth. He was from North Africa. He made it to the airport in the UK, on his way to another country to seek safety. Because he was using [...]