These Walls Must Fall

The Brook House Inquiry: what is happening?

On Tuesday 19th September 2023, there was a public inquiry into the abuses at Brook House immigration detention centre.This blog will summarise the key reports of the blog, the length of investigation and why we should end detention centres altogether.

Thank you and farewell to our organiser, Vee!

Right to Remain would like to thank Vee Smith Uka for her work, as she leaves the organisation today. Vee joined Right to Remain in October 2020 as a part-time Organiser for West Yorkshire.

Inside our Halifax Toolkit workshop for These Walls Must Fall campaigners

Last week, we ran a workshop in Halifax for our fantastic These Walls Must Fall campaigners South and West Yorkshire in surrounding areas.

Strengthening our knowledge on detention: AVID session

On 15th February, These Walls Must Fall campaigners and Right to Remain staff attended an online information session on immigration detention delivered by AVID. AVID, short for Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees, is a network for organisations that support people who are in detention.

‘This gave me so much confidence’: Inside our Manchester Toolkit workshop for These Walls Must Fall campaigners

Reporting on a workshop for our fantastic These Walls Must Fall campaigners

Love is Enough: These Walls Must Fall Campaigners at Manchester Pride 2022

As 2022 comes to a close, staff at Right to Remain and These Walls Must Fall have been reflecting on our highlights over the past year, with the Manchester Pride Candlelit Vigil being one of our most proud moments

The first of many: Our Campaigners Development Programme workshop in Manchester

Earlier this month in Manchester, Right to Remain staff team launched a new induction session that will be a regular part of our These Walls Must Fall Campaigners’ Development Programme.

‘A celebration of solidarity’: Liverpool welcomes These Walls Must Fall annual gathering

Last weekend, on Saturday 29th October, Right to Remain crew attended These Walls Must Fall end-of-year network gathering in Liverpool.

Our T-shirts are made for radical solidarity

They are finally here. You might have seen our campaigners and staff team wearing our brand-new These Walls Must Fall T-shirts. Today, we are making five of them available to five supporters.

‘It’s got to be done.’ These Walls Must Fall campaigners continue their fight to close down Hassockfield detention centre

On gloriously sunny Saturday 14 May, These Walls Must Fall campaigners from Manchester, Liverpool and West Yorkshire joined forces with others in Durham to say NO to the new immigration detention centre in Derwentside.

Football vs the Home Office

Yesterday, Mount Pleasant Park Football Club staged a mini-football-game-protest outside Vulcan House, the Home Office building in Sheffield, against detention and deportation.

“Everything seems to die, when I think of detention”

In a blog post for Pluto Press, Agatha Sibanda explains why she is campaigning with These Walls Must Fall in Liverpool.