“We all still have problems talking about it”
This year, Unlocking Detention is exploring how detention affects communities across the UK – not just where detention centres are located. This blog post was… Read more »
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Whose ‘side’ are you on? A government threatened by solidarity
“What I’m proposing is a deal – the fewer people there are who wrongly claim asylum in Britain, the more generous we can be in… Read more »
Read more When an individual is detained everyone is affected
This blog post was written for the Unlocking Detention project (co-run by Right to Remain) by Gemma Pillay, from Nottingham. She works for the Nottingham… Read more »
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From ‘charity’ to ‘justice’ – solidarity and RtR’s national conference
This is an article by Ben du Preez of Detention Action, originally published by Open Democracy on 15 September 2015. There was a strange sense… Read more »
Read more Unlocking Detention 2015 is here!
Unlocking Detention 2015 starts on Monday, 21 September. This is the second year of Unlocking Detention, which Right to Remain is co-running with Detention Action… Read more »
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Refugees welcome, no human is illegal
On Saturday 12 September, there were solidarity events all over the UK (and indeed all over Europe) declaring that refugees are welcome, and no human… Read more »
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Not one dissenting voice … apart from James Brokenshire
Yesterday, parliament debated immigration detention. Specifically, the motion: ‘That this House supports the recommendations of the report of the Joint Inquiry by the All Party… Read more »
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Our 2015 national conference: a day of determination
“It always seems to be your annual conference”, one of my friends commented recently as conference-organising anxiety started to spill over in the days leading… Read more »
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Immigration detention: how does it affect YOUR community?
Right to Remain is gearing up to run the second Unlocking Detention project, with Detention Action and the Detention Forum. Image drawn by a detention… Read more »
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Germany’s suspension of the Dublin Protocol: a welcome display of European and global solidarity
This is a guest blog post by Judith Vonberg. Judith is a PhD student studying the mutual perception of Britons and Germans after the Second… Read more »
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UK Home Office Guidance on Eritrea: an instrument to refuse protection?
This is a guest post by Sara Palacios Arapiles, who has a background in law and currently works at the Nottingham Rainbow Project, providing advocacy… Read more »
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Charter flight to Afghanistan: permission to appeal granted
Refused asylum seekers with removal directions for the charter flight to Afghanistan on 26 August 2015 should seek immediate legal advice, following the order made by Lord Justice Clarke in solicitors Duncan Lewis’ recent legal action.
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