We’re excited to share the first dates for our new series of workshops: Knowledge is Power: Detention and Enforcement. These sessions respond directly to the sharp rise in immigration raids, arrests, and detention across the UK, and the growing need for communities to have clear and practical information to protect themselves and each other.
Immigration detention affects far more than just the person taken. Every time someone is detained, families, neighbours, friends, and support groups rally to provide care, rebuild stability, and keep fighting for justice. This work should never fall on communities but it does, because the system is designed to destabilise and exhaust us.
Why this session, and why now?
Immigration enforcement has risen sharply under Labour, with raids, arrests and detentions jumping by more than 50%, and thousands more people taken into detention despite most being released on bail rather than removed.
For many people, this has created a growing sense of fear and uncertainty. It has also shown how urgently communities need reliable, accessible information about enforcement, detention, and rights.
The #FreeFatou campaign, and the organising that followed, taught us vital lessons about what communities need when someone is taken and what preparation can prevent harm. Our new Knowledge is Power session builds on that learning.
This session is designed for both people in the immigration and asylum system and those supporting them. We actively encourage organisations that register to do so together with the people they work alongside who are impacted by immigration control. Too often, knowledge is kept with professionals, not because communities lack the right to it, but because traditional systems create a “helper/helped” dynamic. We want to move beyond that. By learning together, we create spaces of solidarity, shared power, and collective protection.
Knowledge is a form of power, but it’s also a form of care. When we talk openly about detention and enforcement, we reduce fear, strengthen trust, and build the capacity to act collectively.
Upcoming dates
These sessions will be delivered online by our Legal Education Officer, Ally, from 10am–1pm on the following dates:
- Wednesday 17 December 2025
- Wednesday 11 February 2026
- Wednesday 1 April 2026
More dates for 2026 will follow. Use the booking form below to register for the first session on 17 December 2025.
What this sessions covers:
Introduction to Right to Remain and the Toolkit: who we are, how the Toolkit works, and how it supports people navigating the system.
Understanding UK immigration enforcement: how it operates day-to-day and what has changed under the current government.
What immigration detention is and how it affects people: risks, rights, and what happens when someone is taken.
Practical tools to prepare for detention: key documents, contacts, planning, and what communities can do before an emergency, grounded in learning from #FreeFatou and Arjeta’s stories.
Responding to enforcement on the ground: reporting appointments, home and workplace visits, stop-checks, and immigration raids.
Strengthening collective skills for solidarity and protection: including the difference between legal advice and legal support, and how communities can safely give legal support.
How do I sign up?
Sign up to the first Knowledge is Power; detention and enforcement workshop using the form below.
We have a maximum of 35 participants at our online workshop. we also have a maximum of 2 people per organisation, to spread the knowledge more widely. You will receive a Zoom link after you book your place.
Ticket prices are dependent on the income of your organisation.
For organisations of income more than £1 million – £50
Organisations with income less than £1 million – £30
For organisations with no funding at all, and no paid staff members, we have a limited number of free tickets. For people currently in the asylum or immigration system, tickets are also free.
Please email Esther – esther@righttoremain.org.uk – to request a free ticket.
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