By Eiri Ohtani from the Detention Forum. Yesterday morning, I joined colleagues from Right to Remain, Detention Action and JRS UK who nervously gathered at JRS UK’s headquarters in east London. We had a reason to be nervous. [...]
This week, Bail Immigration for Detainees (BID) published a new report 'Denial of Justice: the hidden use of UK prisons for immigration detention'. As of 31 December 2013, 2,796 people were held in immigration detention in immigration removal [...]
By Ben du Preez from Detention Action, with testimony from Jamal who was detained in HMP The Verne. Detention Action is a member of the Detention Forum. On 24th March 2014, vans carrying migrants began arriving at HM [...]
By Francisca Stewart. Francisca works for Article 1, a member organisation of the Detention Forum. Published at OpenDemocracy, as part of a series of articles on unlocking detention. Too often for foreign national prisoners in Britain, the completion [...]
By Eiri Ohtani from the Detention Forum. Immigration detention is often hidden. It is hidden behind the gates and barbed wires. It is hidden at the back of people’s consciousness. It is also hidden because many of us [...]
By Ben du Preez from Detention Action. Last Saturday I attended Right to Remain's annual conference in Bethnal Green, London. Bringing together local advocacy groups, grassroots activists and self-advocates from across the UK it was a wonderful opportunity [...]
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 [...]
By Jessica Kennedy and Penny Keza. Jessica is Development Co-ordinator at The Forum, which supports refugee and migrant communities and individuals in the UK. Penny is a former detainee. Published at OpenDemocracy, as part of a series of [...]
Eiri Ohtani and Jennifer Allsopp. Published at OpenDemocracy, the first in a series of articles on Unlocking Detention. Detention is often seen as a difficult issue and one best avoided, even among those who make it their business to [...]