Five years of denial – detention of children
For years, the UK government has knowingly harmed between 1,000 and 2,000 children of asylum-seekers a year, sending dawn hit squads to raid family homes,… Read more »
Read moreNo return, no release, no reason
The indefinite immigration detention of migrants who cannot be deported is ineffective, inefficient and enormously damaging, according to a new report, “No Return No Release… Read more »
Read more"‘State Sponsored Cruelty’: Children in immigration detention”
Dossier of medical evidence backs Clegg’s claim: child detention is ‘state sponsored cruelty’ UK Borders Agency defy Clegg and continue immigration detention of children Nick… Read more »
Read moreReport by Chief Inspector of Immigration Criticises Dawn Raids and Treatment of Families
The report “Family Removals: A Thematic Inspection, January – April 2010” by the Chief Inspector of Immigration, John Vine, challenges the way the UKBA treats… Read more »
Read moreHigh Court rules Iraqis’ detention unlawful
Two Iraqis have won a judicial review against the Home Office in a test case which may benefit many others who could not and cannot… Read more »
Read moreYarl's Wood human rights challenge
Mark Townsend, The Observer, Sunday 11 April 2010 Could this woman’s fight change the way Britain treats asylum seekers? Most of the desperate mothers who… Read more »
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"Outsourcing Abuse" inquiry: Medical Justice press release
Medical Justice Press release on the inquiry into the report “Outsourcing Abuse”, which was published in 2008 by Birnberg Peirce & Partners, Medical Justice and… Read more »
Read moreHunger strike: women at Yarl's Wood
Statement from Women Behind the Wire @ Yarl’s Wood IRC “Detention results from political decisions that represent a “hardening attitude towards irregular migrants and asylum… Read more »
Read moreJudge: Colnbrook blockaders' arrest was unlawful
A magistrates judge has ruled that police acted unlawfully when arresting six anti-deportation campaigners who were blockading Colnbrook detention centre, near Heathrow airport, on 12th… Read more »
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