Last Thursday human rights campaigners, union members, migrant rights groups, political representatives and other members of the public met to campaign against immigration detention. Setting… Read more »
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Video: Julie Ward MEP supporting These Walls Must Fall in Manchester
“If we look back at our family history, somewhere along the line we would discover we had been people who needed to be somewhere else;… Read more »
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Video: Teo and Marineta’s story
Teo and Marineta were just another European couple working in England. But when they couldn’t find somewhere to live, instead of receiving homelessness help they… Read more »
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Reflections on Calais
To mark the first anniversary of the destruction of the ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais, Right to Remain’s Luke Butterly reflects on our recent return… Read more »
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“A place where one can be forgotten for a long time” – on the closure of The Verne
(Image credit: Unlocking Detention) Last week, the government quietly announced that they will be closing the Verne – one of the nine immigration ‘removal’… Read more »
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Patients not passports!
This Saturday, there will be actions in London, Manchester and Newcastle to protest the introduction of immigration checks in the NHS. The Minister for Health,… Read more »
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Our 2017 annual gathering: caring communities and beautiful futures
On 10 September, Right to Remain held its annual gathering in Liverpool. We were joined by groups and individuals from across the UK, to share… Read more »
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Video: the UK’s detention system explained
Immigration detention is one of the most harmful aspects of the UK’s asylum and immigration system. It’s immoral, and unjust – it prevents people from… Read more »
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Detention is violent, harmful and immoral – our response to the BBC Panorama revelations
Tonight, BBC Panorama broadcast undercover footage filmed in Brook House detention centre. The footage was extremely upsetting – showing staff verbally abusing people in detention… Read more »
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Preventing deportation can be a life-saving measure, but isn’t enough
Last week, campaigners successfully prevented the forced removal of Samim Bigzad from the UK on a Turkish Airways flight – Samim was being sent against… Read more »
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Afghanistan: Situation of young male ‘Westernised’ returnees to Kabul
Endorsed and peer-reviewed by the Asylum Research Consultancy (ARC) and the Dutch Council for Refugees, Asylos has compiled a new COI research report on the situation… Read more »
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Asylum, finally, for Aderonke
Our dear friend Aderonke Apata has FINALLY been granted refugee status, after years of fighting for justice. All along the way, she has fought for… Read more »
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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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