Four in five people in detention released
To coincide with international migrants’ day, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) is publishing its 2022 national annual report for the immigration detention estate (IDE). It highlights a fact that we have also raised that almost 80% of people held in [...]
Fair Begins Here
This week saw the launch of the new campaign from Together with Refugees: Fair Begins Here and at Detention Forum we are keen to do all that we can to promote it in the months to come. The Fair Begins Here [...]
Tragic death of an Albanian man in detention
We were devastated to learn about the tragic death of an Albanian man on Friday at Brook House, the detention centre near Gatwick Airport. Our thoughts are with his family and friends and the wider community affected by this awful [...]
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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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