Step inside a phone booth to listen to voice messages from people in UK immigration detention centres. Send messages back and forth over 6 days. Meet others in Bristol who want to learn about detention and discuss how we can end it.
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Threat of mass eviction sparks Glasgow backlash against hostile environment
Since Serco announced they will evict 300 asylum seekers from their homes, Glasgow has been rocked by unprecedented protest, direct action, hunger strikes, and legal actions.
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Young people say: No One Is Illegal!
‘Feel like you don’t belong’ ‘Useless’ ‘Unsafe’ ‘No trust’ ‘Devalued’ ‘Criminal’ ‘Not a human being’. ‘Feel like you don’t belong’. Brighter Futures, a group of young Londoners, talk about the use of the word “illegal” to describe people.
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Migrant Rights as Civil Rights
Asylum seekers and migrants in Northern Ireland today face a host of curtailments to their rights. Many of these rights are the same as those which were at the crux of the Civil Rights movement 50 years ago.
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“We came here for sanctuary. We didn’t come here to be abused.”
Six Syrian refugee families living in Belfast under the UK’s Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme have spoken out about the substandard housing conditions and recurrent incidents of racism they are experiencing.
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The Swedish Student’s Protest Was Brave And Remarkable
A brave act of civil disobedience, gone viral. In Britain, there is a rich history of resistance to forced deportations, of groups, communities and individuals taking direct action like Erin Errson did.
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“We are not the silent community anymore!” Chinatown protests immigration raids
“We are not the silent community anymore! We have our own voice!” Chinatown, one of the busiest parts of central London, was shut down yesterday… Read more »
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Post-detention accommodation – briefing from BID
Last month, the organisation Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) released a briefing on the current situation of post-detention accommodation.
Already a problematic area, post-detention accommodation is now a crisis situation following the changes made in January 2018 (which you can read about on our blog here) which included the abolition of Section 4(1) accommodation. This accommodation was provided by the Home Office to people released from detention with nowhere else to stay, and with no other forms of support available to them.
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Our management committee member Laura Gibbons will partake in a cross-continental swim next month! Fundraising for Right to Remain’s work, the 4.5km distance makes this… Read more »
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These Walls Must Fall – A Celebration of Resistance
Under the shadow of Trump’s aggressive policies against people crossing the US border, the rise of xenophobic parties and policies in Europe, and ongoing scandals… Read more »
read moreIreland grants the right to work for people seeking asylum – but for many it’s still out of reach.
Known as Direct Provision, Ireland’s asylum system has faced severe criticism from the United Nations, local political parties, and – most importantly – from those… Read more »
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Islington becomes first London council to pass These Walls Must Fall motion
Last night Islington became the first London council to pass a These Walls Must Fall motion against immigration detention!
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- Free Fact Sheets on Immigration Detention & Staying Safe
- Wales’ First Solidarity Session, Friday 7 November
- Inside our Solidarity Session: Family Reunion is a Right not a Privilege.
- Inside our Liverpool Solidarity Session: Connection, Safety and Hope
- We say farewell to our Legal Education Officer Leah
Legal updates
- Taking an active role in your legal case: for people going through the asylum and immigration systems and their supporters
- Explainer: One-in-One-out Policy
- Refugee family reunion: what’s changed, and what it means
- Explainer – the Bell Hotel Injunction
- Move On Support for Newly Recognised Refugees: What’s Changing from 1 September 2025
Events
- Wales’ First Solidarity Session, Friday 7 November
- Family Reunion is a Right, Not a Privilege: Online Solidarity Session, 24 September 2025
- New Workshop! Navigating Appeals in the First Tier Tribunal, online, 25 September
- Inside our Manchester Solidarity Session; detention & enforcement
- 17 September: Knowledge is Power online workshop
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Right to Remain works with communities, groups and organisations across the UK, providing information, resources, training and assistance to help people to establish their right to remain, and to challenge injustice in the immigration and asylum system. Right to Remain is a registered charity (charity number 1192934).
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