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Reimagining violence: Hannah Arendt and the bureaucratisation of life in immigration detention

November 4, 2016

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This guest post by Amanda Schmid-Scott, PhD Researcher at the University of Exeter, asks: what might a re-imagining of violence reveal about the lived experience… Read more »

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“How can this be legal?” Incredulity and anger when Unlocking Detention

October 19, 2016

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By Lisa Matthews, Coordinator at Right to Remain Over the last few months, I’ve run several workshops across the UK, engaging communities on the issue… Read more »

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What does detention mean to you?

October 7, 2016

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By Lisa Matthews, Coordinator at Right to Remain Unlocking Detention 2016 starts on Monday, and runs until 18 December.  There are so many ways to… Read more »

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Unlocking Detention at Right to Remain’s annual gathering

September 14, 2016

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On Monday on the blog we wrote about our annual gathering in Manchester on 3 September.  The afternoon part of the event included workshops on… Read more »

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Detention expansion by stealth, at the UK’s unknown sites of injustice

August 18, 2016

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Despite being signed up to a reform agenda that involves reducing immigration detention, this summer the government has quietly expanded bed spaces at Brook House… Read more »

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Unlocking Detention 2016: be part of shining a spotlight in the shadows

August 15, 2016

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Every year for the past three years, Right to Remain has helped to run an innovative and participatory social media project that raises awareness of… Read more »

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Light vs dark, humanity vs inhumanity: Unlocking Detention 2015

January 8, 2016

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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

December 7, 2015

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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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“They want us to imprison and deport ourselves”

November 30, 2015

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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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How detention affects my community: the view from Belfast

November 17, 2015

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This piece was written for Unlocking Detention by the Larne House Visitors Group. Larne House is a short-term holding facility near Belfast. People are detained… Read more »

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How detention affects Devon: a looming dread

October 19, 2015

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This post was written for Unlocking Detention by Abbie Grace, support worker at Refugee Support Devon, and someone who lives in Devon and has experienced… Read more »

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“We all still have problems talking about it”

October 12, 2015

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This year, Unlocking Detention is exploring how detention affects communities across the UK – not just where detention centres are located. This blog post was… Read more »

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