Coalition to Close Campsfield
Our friends at the Coalition to Close Campsfield have sent us this important update below - do please help them to spread the word! Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre near Kidlington just north of Oxford closed in 2018 after 25 years [...]
HMIP report into Derwentside
The Government’s chief inspector of prisons recently published his findings from the unannounced inspection of Derwentside IRC. We are keen to echo the views of our member No to Hassockfield on this report: The report says: “ Of the 723 [...]
And into 2026!
At our last Detention Forum members' meeting we took time to reflect on the current challenging external environment as seek to develop our mission of ending the use of immigration detention in the UK. We are very conscious that there [...]
Our latest tweets
🚨Launched today!
Our report, #ADecadeOfHarm, uncovers:
❌Shocking new findings about the impact of immigration detention on women seeking safety,
❌and the extremely concerning gaps between Home Office policy and practice.
Find out more👇
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Many cells in UK detention centres are smaller than an average parking space. People are detained there by the Home Office without a time limit, often for months or years at a time, locked in that tiny space for up to 12 hours a day. This has to stop. It's time for a time limit.
Our 'Thinking with our communities: detention and beyond detention' event aims to build our communities’ collective power against detention and enforcement.
This judgment should remind the Home Office to undertake a thorough, lawful assessment of an individual’s evidence when making decisions on the reinstatement of trafficking support, esp where the person has mental health needs that have not been met.