The impact of detention on LGBT communities
This article was written for Unlocking Detention by Nina Held and Karen Smith, volunteers at Lesbian Immigration Support Group in Manchester. This article was originally… Read more »
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Age Assessments: new guidance and helpful factsheet
Age assessments are carried out if a young person who is seeking asylum has their age disputed,: the young person states they are under 18 years old, and the Home Office or the local authority asked for support (including social services) says they think they are over 18 years old.
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Refugee Solidarity Summit – Open the Borders Now!
Written by Michael Collins, coordinator at Right to Remain. On Saturday, I attended the Refugee Solidarity Summit: Open the Borders Now! event in London, organised… Read more »
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Yorkshire Solidari-tea
“Sheffield is a special place”. Resounding nods accompanied my statement at our mutual aid and solidarity workshop in Sheffield on Tuesday. Well, they were hardly… Read more »
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How detention affects Devon: a looming dread
This post was written for Unlocking Detention by Abbie Grace, support worker at Refugee Support Devon, and someone who lives in Devon and has experienced… Read more »
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“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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