This piece was written for Unlocking Detention by the Larne House Visitors Group. Larne House is a short-term holding facility near Belfast. People are detained… Read more »
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Right to Remain launch crowdfunder for essential legal resource
Right to Remain has today launched a crowdfunding appeal to produce a vital guide that can help save lives. The Right to Remain Toolkit is a unique resource that will help people to find solidarity and sanctuary in the UK.
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The impact of detention on LGBT communities
This article was written for Unlocking Detention by Nina Held and Karen Smith, volunteers at Lesbian Immigration Support Group in Manchester. This article was originally… Read more »
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Age Assessments: new guidance and helpful factsheet
Age assessments are carried out if a young person who is seeking asylum has their age disputed,: the young person states they are under 18 years old, and the Home Office or the local authority asked for support (including social services) says they think they are over 18 years old.
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Refugee Solidarity Summit – Open the Borders Now!
Written by Michael Collins, coordinator at Right to Remain. On Saturday, I attended the Refugee Solidarity Summit: Open the Borders Now! event in London, organised… Read more »
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Yorkshire Solidari-tea
“Sheffield is a special place”. Resounding nods accompanied my statement at our mutual aid and solidarity workshop in Sheffield on Tuesday. Well, they were hardly… Read more »
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How detention affects Devon: a looming dread
This post was written for Unlocking Detention by Abbie Grace, support worker at Refugee Support Devon, and someone who lives in Devon and has experienced… Read more »
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“We all still have problems talking about it”
This year, Unlocking Detention is exploring how detention affects communities across the UK – not just where detention centres are located. This blog post was… Read more »
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Whose ‘side’ are you on? A government threatened by solidarity
“What I’m proposing is a deal – the fewer people there are who wrongly claim asylum in Britain, the more generous we can be in… Read more »
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When an individual is detained everyone is affected
This blog post was written for the Unlocking Detention project (co-run by Right to Remain) by Gemma Pillay, from Nottingham. She works for the Nottingham… Read more »
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From ‘charity’ to ‘justice’ – solidarity and RtR’s national conference
This is an article by Ben du Preez of Detention Action, originally published by Open Democracy on 15 September 2015. There was a strange sense… Read more »
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Unlocking Detention 2015 is here!
Unlocking Detention 2015 starts on Monday, 21 September. This is the second year of Unlocking Detention, which Right to Remain is co-running with Detention Action… Read more »
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- Community as a superpower – Fatou is finally home
- 17 July: From Detention to Defiance – National Solidarity Launch meeting
- New workshop offering! Right to Remain Toolkit workshops
- The National Day of Solidarity to End Immigration Detention, 18 October 2025 – Call for action!
- Another Deportation Order: Fatou Tamba still detained, still at risk
Legal updates
- The Borders, Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill – just very disappointing
- eVisa deadline extended to 1 June 2025
- Home Office increases immigration application fees, again
- New Home Office policy seeks to bar refugees from British citizenship
- What are the different types of return?
Events
- The National Day of Solidarity to End Immigration Detention, 18 October 2025 – Call for action!
- Solidarity with people who report in the West Midlands! Join online meeting on 25 June!
- 30 June: Knowledge is Power online workshop
- Radical Solidarity Hub, 22 May – 92% of us agree that the White Paper makes us and our community anxious, but we remain strong!
- Radical Solidarity Hub meeting 22 May – the White Paper
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When people reach the UK, the struggle isn’t over. It's a hostile environment. Right to Remain relies on grants from charitable trusts and on donations from people like you. Your donation will help us to help people in their struggles for the right to remain in the UK, and to campaign for migration justice.
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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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