Unlocking immigration detention: Swansea
People are being taken from our communities. It’s time to stand up and say no. Detention is one of the most harmful aspects of the… Read more »
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Home Office unlawfully imposed curfews: does this affect someone you know?
There was a very important judgment from the Court of Appeal last week.
The judgment was in the case of Mr Gedi, who was represented by Tom Hickman of Blackstone Chambers instructed by Ravi Naik of ITN solicitors.
The Court of Appeal found that the UK government has no power to impose a curfew either under powers for electronic monitoring or under general powers for conditions under the Immigration Act 1971.
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The Bill becomes an Act: what’s been won, and what’s been lost
By Lisa Matthews, coordinator at Right to Remain. Yesterday (12 May 2016), the Immigration Bill 2015-16 received Royal Assent, which means it now becomes the… Read more »
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Let the light in: ask your MP to back judicial oversight of immigration detention
This week, the government announced the welcome news that they would no longer oppose the new Dubs amendment to the 2015-16 Immigration Bill, which should… Read more »
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No one left behind: partial progress on detention campaigning, but not for all
Last night, in the Immigration Bill debate in the House of Lords, peers voted by 187 to 170 in favour of Lord Ramsbotham’s amendment on… Read more »
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“To Restore Hope to People”: Detention debated in the Immigration Bill, House of Lords Committee Stage
Reblogged from the Detention Forum Committee Stage in the House of Lords on Monday 1st February 2016 was the first opportunity Parliament had to consider… Read more »
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Immigration detention of vulnerable people ‘an affront to civilised values’
Re-blogged – originally published by Detention Action on January 15th, 2016 Home Secretary’s own review finds immigration detention of vulnerable people ‘an affront to civilised… Read more »
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Light vs dark, humanity vs inhumanity: Unlocking Detention 2015
This piece, written by Lisa Matthews of Right to Remain, was originally published by Open Democracy 50:50. Life in UK’s indefinite immigration detention regime evokes… Read more »
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Diary of a Dungavel Detention
This blog post was written for Unlocking Detention by Alison Phipps. Alison is Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies at the University of Glasgow, and… Read more »
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Immigration Bill 2015: a very grey cloud, but with faint silver linings?
Yesterday, the 2015 Immigration Bill reached the report stage, at which proposed amendments were debated and voted on. The Bill Let’s start with something simple.… Read more »
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“They want us to imprison and deport ourselves”
This post was written for Unlocking Detention by Stuart Crosthwaite, Secretary of the South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG), with thanks to the… Read more »
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Injustice behind the numbers
The Office for National Statistics released its quarterly report on migration statistics today. Aside from the entirely predictable and predicted inability of the government to… Read more »
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