Video: Julie Ward MEP supporting These Walls Must Fall in Manchester
“If we look back at our family history, somewhere along the line we would discover we had been people who needed to be somewhere else;… Read more »
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Video: Teo and Marineta’s story
Teo and Marineta were just another European couple working in England. But when they couldn’t find somewhere to live, instead of receiving homelessness help they… Read more »
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“A place where one can be forgotten for a long time” – on the closure of The Verne
(Image credit: Unlocking Detention) Last week, the government quietly announced that they will be closing the Verne – one of the nine immigration ‘removal’… Read more »
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Video: the UK’s detention system explained
Immigration detention is one of the most harmful aspects of the UK’s asylum and immigration system. It’s immoral, and unjust – it prevents people from… Read more »
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Detention is violent, harmful and immoral – our response to the BBC Panorama revelations
Tonight, BBC Panorama broadcast undercover footage filmed in Brook House detention centre. The footage was extremely upsetting – showing staff verbally abusing people in detention… Read more »
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These Walls Must Fall: Sheffield
We were delighted to take part in Sheffield’s fabulous Migration Matters festival last week. We ran a two-part workshop, looking firstly at navigating the UK’s… Read more »
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General election 2017: a chance to push immigration detention to the top of the agenda
Mabel is waiting to find out if, today, she will finally find freedom. If she will get to see her daughter. If the punitive deprivation… Read more »
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Reporting to the Home Office: exploring connections to detention and solidarity
This is a guest post by Andrew Burridge, independent researcher and former volunteer with Bristol Signing Support.
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Windows onto Morton Hall: recent demonstration and today’s inspection report
Image from Unlocking Detention 2016, submitted by René Cassin This morning, the report of the unannounced inspection of Morton Hall detention centre in Lincolnshire, has… Read more »
Read moreBrutality at Brook House highlights urgency behind this week’s detention debate
An impassioned and powerful debate on detention took place amongst MPs at Westminster Hall on Tuesday. The debate followed harrowing reports that emerged from Brook… Read more »
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Immigration detention has no place in a happy, healthy society
“This experience of the detention centre eliminated all my self-confidence and made me feel humiliated and like a slave. Even after they let me go,… Read more »
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This International Womens Day, imagine a future without detention
Women for Refugee Women has spent over three years researching the condition of asylum-seeking women in the UK and listening to their experiences. Earlier this… Read more »
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