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Judicial reviews and preventing forced removal

November 8, 2016

Legal Updates

The Home Office published new enforcement instructions and guidance on 31 October 2016 on, among other things, judicial reviews and injunctions.

The new guidance limits even further the situations in which judicial review proceedings will lead to the Home Office suspending a forced removal or deportation.

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Tags: deportationjudicial reviewremoval


“Unjustifiable, unnecessary, punitive and unlawful”: we speak to the BBC about immigration curfews

November 8, 2016

Legal Updates

Back in May, we shared the news that the Home Office had been routinely imposing curfews (after someone obtained release from immigration detention) without any power to do so, making the action unlawful.

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Tags: BBCcurfewsdetention


Ripples of support to form a tidal wave of solidarity

November 8, 2016

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A guest post from our friends MaMA in Liverpool, ahead of their Transmutable Voices event on 12 November. There are not a lot of creative… Read more »

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Tags: LiverpoolLocal groups


Reimagining violence: Hannah Arendt and the bureaucratisation of life in immigration detention

November 4, 2016

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This guest post by Amanda Schmid-Scott, PhD Researcher at the University of Exeter, asks: what might a re-imagining of violence reveal about the lived experience… Read more »

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Tags: detentionUnlocked


Right to Remain group launches in Sheffield

October 31, 2016

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By Marienna Pope-Weidemann, communications coordinator, Right to Remain It started with just a handful of locals, as these things often do. Like many international volunteers,… Read more »

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Tags: EventsLocal groupsRight to RemainSheffield


“How can this be legal?” Incredulity and anger when Unlocking Detention

October 19, 2016

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By Lisa Matthews, Coordinator at Right to Remain Over the last few months, I’ve run several workshops across the UK, engaging communities on the issue… Read more »

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Tags: detentionUnlocked


What does detention mean to you?

October 7, 2016

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By Lisa Matthews, Coordinator at Right to Remain Unlocking Detention 2016 starts on Monday, and runs until 18 December.  There are so many ways to… Read more »

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Tags: detentionUnlocked


From Calais to Croydon: legal information and refugee solidarity

September 15, 2016

News

On Monday, we wrote on the blog about our annual gathering in Manchester on 3 September.  The afternoon part of the event included workshops on… Read more »

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Tags: calaisconference


Unlocking Detention at Right to Remain’s annual gathering

September 14, 2016

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On Monday on the blog we wrote about our annual gathering in Manchester on 3 September.  The afternoon part of the event included workshops on… Read more »

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Tags: detentionUnlocked


No borders on campus: Universities Resist Border Controls at RtR’s annual gathering

September 13, 2016

News

We wrote yesterday on the blog about our annual gathering in Manchester on 3 September.  The afternoon part of the event included workshops on five… Read more »

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Tags: campaigningconferencestudents


Strength in solidarity: Right to Remain’s 2016 annual gathering

September 12, 2016

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“You know when you have a really inspirational day and you can’t wait to do the next thing? Well, the Right to Remain Gathering in… Read more »

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Tags: campaigningconferenceRight to Remain


#UnisResistBorderControls

August 30, 2016

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This is a guest blog post by Sanaz Raji, who will be co-running a workshop on this topic at our annual gathering on Saturday.  Five… Read more »

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Tags: campaigningstudents


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