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Enforced removal contracts: the abusive end-point of a broken immigration system

January 26, 2012

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NCADC welcomes today’s report  from the Home Affairs Select Committee, which raises concerns that the potentially lethal ‘head-down’ restraint technique is used during enforced removals,… Read more »

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Guest post: the criminalization of asylum seekers

July 6, 2012

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The NCADC blog is pleased to welcome three guest posts from Molly Haglund, who has just completed a Masters Degree in Human Rights Practice at… Read more »

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Guest post: a tradition of deterrence

July 10, 2012

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The NCADC blog is pleased to welcome three guest posts from Molly Haglund, who has just completed a Masters Degree in Human Rights Practice at… Read more »

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Tags: campaigningdetentionEuropeanInternationalpolicyResearch


Guest post: why criminalise the asylum seeker?

July 12, 2012

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The NCADC blog is pleased to welcome three guest posts from Molly Haglund, who has just completed a Masters Degree in Human Rights Practice at… Read more »

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Tags: campaigningdetentionpolicyResearch


Zimbabwean activist Gladys Mabvira shares her experiences of detention with the New Statesman

August 3, 2012

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We love Gladys Mabvira.  A Zimbabwean activist fighting for justice in her own asylum case, she has experienced immigration detention and attempted deportation.  She was… Read more »

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"I feel so traumatised after this experience and in constant fear and panic"

September 25, 2012

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A detainee in Yarl’s Wood tells her story of attempted deportation: I was called from my room at Yarl’s Wood detention centre at 1.30pm (immediately… Read more »

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The lucrative deportation business: private security companies act with impunity

October 12, 2012

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A guest post from NCADC supporter Rosa: Demonstrators mark the two year anniversary of Jimmy Mubenga’s death at the hands of G4S. As further contracts… Read more »

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Tags: campaigningcharter flightprotest


Prince Ofosu – another death in detention

November 8, 2012

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A guest post from NCADC supporter Rosa: On Tuesday 30 October, Prince Ofosu died in suspicious circumstances inside Harmondsworth IRC. Throughout this week serious allegations… Read more »

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Tags: campaigningdetentionprotest


‘Vile liars and truth distorters’: truth, trust and the asylum system

November 9, 2012

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A guest blog post by Melanie Griffiths. Melanie Griffiths is a DPhil candidate at Oxford University, with affiliation to the Institute of Social and Cultural… Read more »

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Tags: detentionLegalResearch


UKBA inquiry: human rights through the looking glass

November 12, 2012

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Serious concerns lost in headlines about backlog statistics “entering the world of the UKBA is like falling through the looking glass” Keith Vaz, Chair of… Read more »

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News of the Year 2012

December 28, 2012

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News stories from the world of asylum, immigration, human rights and NCADC.  Look out for our campaign review of the year in January! —- JANUARY… Read more »

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"Bounty Hunters" for Home Office targeting migrants

January 3, 2013

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Just before Christmas, reports started coming in of migrants in the UK receiving distressing text messages from a company claiming to work for the Border… Read more »

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