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‘In Three Words’ – Unlocking Detention

Can you describe immigration detention in three words? As part of this year's Unlocking Detention (from 11 November to 19 December 2019), we are asking people to take part in [...]

By |October 29th, 2019|Comments Off on ‘In Three Words’ – Unlocking Detention

Digging beneath the detention statistics, 2019: what has changed?

Digging beneath the detention statistics, 2019: what has changed? This blog was written by one of our member organisations, AVID, which supports volunteer visitors to people held in immigration detention, and appeared [...]

By |August 29th, 2019|Comments Off on Digging beneath the detention statistics, 2019: what has changed?

Beyond outrage, and being part of the change

One of the things we value most is an ongoing discussion with some of the Detention Forum members and volunteers about the complex nature and process of creating a social change. [...]

By |August 4th, 2019|Comments Off on Beyond outrage, and being part of the change

Has child immigration detention ended in the UK?

3 July 2019 Has child immigration detention ended in the UK? This is a question we get asked sporadically. Ending child detention was such a huge campaign around 2009 and [...]

By |July 3rd, 2019|Comments Off on Has child immigration detention ended in the UK?

Could this be the end of Colnbrook and Harmondsworth detention centres? Heathrow Airport Expansion Consultation

On 18 June 2019, the government unveiled its Heathrow Airport expansion plan. It intends to build a third runway to the airport amidst concerns around its environmental impact. Buried underneath [...]

By |June 18th, 2019|Comments Off on Could this be the end of Colnbrook and Harmondsworth detention centres? Heathrow Airport Expansion Consultation

After Theresa May?

Photo by Zhifei Zhou on Unsplash Living under Theresa May’s reign as migrants was like a nightmare, and its catastrophic impact has not ended. After May’s dramatic resignation speech on [...]

By |June 6th, 2019|Comments Off on After Theresa May?
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