UN leaders warn of harmful consequences
This week saw the sad news that the UK Safety of Rwanda Bill followed passed through all of its Parliamentary stages. Over the months we have continued to raise our concerns and our objections to this drastic change in the [...]
Our new campaign!
Judging by our activity on our blog over the past few months, you may have thought that things were quiet with us at Detention Forum? The truth is quite the opposite. There's been loads of work happening amongst our 50+ [...]
Human Impact of the Illegal Migration
As we start the New Year, and we are keen to promote our vision of an immigration system without detention, we were keen to highlight the excellent report by the Refugee Council on the human impact of the Illegal Migration [...]
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The Home Office faces scrutiny esp for its plans to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda.
60 staff were dismissed in 2019-20 + 2023-24 for offences inc bullying, harassment, discrimination, abuse of position, theft, corruption, fraud or forgery. 63 more received written warnings.
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The Home Office is set to close 150 asylum hotels imminently, to meet its promise to reduce the use of temporary accommodation.
But with impracticably little time to find accommodation, the number people leaving Home Office hotels only to sleep rough has more than doubled.
The Asylum Reform Initiative who oversee @RefugeeTogether are seeking to appoint its first independent Chair.
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