Manchester, 20 Feb: One day, these walls must fall
On Monday 20 February as part of the One Day Without Us national day of migrant solidarity, over 100 people gathered in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens… Read more »
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Imagine one day without us. Imagine one day without detention centres.
“At 5 am I wake up sat on my bed and staring outside the window looking at the gods, praying that G4S will not come… Read more »
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Defining torture, and detaining survivors
In 2001, Parliament introduced the Detention Centre Rules for the “regulation and management” of immigration detention centres. Rules 34 and 35 introduced mechanisms to try and… Read more »
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Bringing Solidarity Home: These Walls Must Fall
By Marienna Pope-Weidemann, communications coordinator, Right to Remain @MariennaPW Click here to read the article in full EXTRACT: Coming home, it’s strange trying to figure out… Read more »
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Thousands gather to demand #ShutDownYarlsWood and #EndDetentionNow!
By Marienna Pope-Weidemann, communications coordinator, Right to Remain Trigger warning: rape, sexual assault The walls of Yarl’s Wood were surrounded by unprecedented numbers on Saturday… Read more »
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“We are the people who can change everything”: immigration detention has met its match
Our double-bill of Manchester detention workshops seemed to, inadvertently, involve very inauspicious timings. Our first workshop in the series, on preparing in case of immigration… Read more »
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Signing support: lessons from Manchester
Yesterday on the blog, we wrote about the importance of preparing in case of being detained, and the different things you can think about and get ready in case the worst happens to you. One of the most important aspects of this is having a system in place so that if you are detained, people know straight away and start taking action for you.
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Yesterday on the blog, we wrote about the importance of preparing in case of being detained, and the different things you can think about and… Read more »
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Preparing in case of detention
Detention generally happens very suddenly. That’s why it’s so important to be prepared. Our Toolkit contains important information about preparing in case of detention, and… Read more »
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Stand-off with prison profiteers at the Tower of London
By Marienna Pope-Weidemann, communications coordinator, Right to Remain The Tower of London has been a tourist attraction for as long as anyone can remember.… Read more »
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“It was like I’ve been blind for years, and now I can see”
By Lisa Matthews, Coordinator at Right to Remain. The last few weeks has been a flurry of workshops. Some of these have been on understanding the… Read more »
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“Unjustifiable, unnecessary, punitive and unlawful”: we speak to the BBC about immigration curfews
Back in May, we shared the news that the Home Office had been routinely imposing curfews (after someone obtained release from immigration detention) without any power to do so, making the action unlawful.
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