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Unlocking Detention 2016
Third installment of Unlocking Dentention is underway. Get involved
‘Without Detention: Opportunities for Alternatives’
New Detention Action report on alternatives to detention
‘Invisible': a new virtual reality film about indefinite detention
Featuring the Freed Voices group
Latest news
How detention split me and my brother in half
This year, the Unlocking Detention blog is particularly focusing on […]
Entangled in Harmondsworth
By Silvia Maritati, Advocacy Coordinator at Detention Action. This piece […]
A footnote on Harmondsworth
As told by ‘K’. Footnotes by Ciara Bottomley of Detention […]
Protecting stateless persons from arbitrary detention
The European Network on Statelessness (ENS) has published its new […]
Closing Dungavel – a chance to end indefinite detention in Scotland?
This article was originally published by the Justice Gap and […]
Detention and Friendship: Knowing you inside (and) out
This piece originally appeared on Unlocking Detention blog. #Unlocked16 is focussing on […]
A Letter to The Old Me, Before Brook House
This #Unlocked16 piece originally appeared on Unlocking Detention blog. #Unlocked16 is […]
UKLGIG launch new report: No Safe Refuge
UKLGIG have released a vital new report in collaboration with […]
The Verne – an exercise in societal segregation
In this #Unlocked16 article, Susannah Wilcox, Advocacy Coordinator at Detention […]
Arresting the mass detention of migrants
In this #Unlocked16 article, Jerome Phelps of Detention Action writes […]
Build Trust, Not Walls
This piece was originally written by Kasonga, a member of […]
New Detention Action report on alternatives: ‘Without Detention’
Detention Action today launches a new report, ‘Without Detention’, highlighting […]
Dungavel detention centre to close
The Home Office has announced plans to close Dungavel Immigration […]
Join us for the launch of our new report: ‘Without Detention: Opportunities for Alternatives’
WHERE: Amnesty International Human Rights Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London, […]
We’re hiring a new Communications Officer – apply now!
We are very pleased to announce that we are recruiting […]
Speaking-out about detention: if you don’t, who will?
Just over two weeks ago, Samphire held their annual conference […]
Freed Voices respond to new HMIP report on Colnbrook
Yesterday saw the release of the latest HMIP report on […]
A new Home Secretary, a new Immigration Minister – a new challenge? What you can do
After the Cabinet reshuffle, we now have a new Home […]
‘Invisible': a new virtual reality film about detention, feat. Freed Voices
For the last few months, members of the Freed Voices […]
Frontline Update: A Tale of Two Speeches
A few weeks ago (what feels like a different epoch now), […]
Euro 2016 in Colnbrook: Extra time
Providing a backdrop to the tumultuous run-up and result of the […]
The Fast Track is dead
The systematic detention of asylum seekers in the UK has […]
Lords defeat the Government again over detention
The House of Lords has for the second time defeated […]
Immigration Bill offers platform for promised detention reform
The Immigration Bill wasn’t meant to be about detention. When […]
Judicial Oversight: demand your MP shines a light into one of the darkest corners of the UK detention estate
On Monday 25th April, the Immigration Bill returns to the […]
Hotspots or communities? The future for migrants in Greece
Mandatory detention is the new reality for irregular migrants arriving […]
House of Lords votes in favour of detention reform amendment
Last night the House of Lords voted in favour of […]
Prisons Inspector slams ‘unacceptable’ detention
The Chief Inspector of Prisons has added his voice to […]
Long-term detention hits lowest level since records began
Unnoticed amid the clamour over the slight dip in net […]
The reality of life, and death, in detention
Last night I telephoned members of the Freed Voices group […]
Death at Colnbrook IRC
Very sad news has emerged today of a death at […]
The Detained Fast Track and the inseparability of law and politics
This post was originally written as a follow up to […]
Stephen Shaw’s plea for civilised values in immigration detention
When Home Secretary Theresa May announced another inquiry into detention […]
Home Secretary’s own review finds immigration detention of vulnerable people ‘an affront to civilised values’
Today’s report on welfare in immigration detention by former Prisons Ombudsman Stephen […]
Mapping detention
A few weeks ago, during the fallow days between Christmas […]
Frontline Update: Listen to Freed Voices speech at SOAS
Last night, Michael from the Freed Voices group, delivered a […]
7th January Event feat. Freed Voices: Migration – the Inside Story
Freed Voices members will offering their thoughts, reflections and expertise […]
Thinking Outside the Box: Silvia
This latest ‘Thinking Outside the Box’ piece features Silvia, a long-time Advocacy […]
After the fast track: what next for the detention of asylum seekers?
UK courts have ruled the routine detention of asylum seekers […]
A letter to Colnbrook
This blog post was written by John for Unlocking Detention, […]
Visiting, unlocked – Danae on Colnbrook
This interview was conducted with our Advocacy Co-ordinator, Danae Psilla, for ‘Unlocking […]
The end of the track for the DFT
The Supreme Court has refused the Government permission to appeal […]
Thinking Outside the Box: Danielle
In this latest piece from our ‘Thinking Outside the Box’ series, which […]
Freed Voices: Three Scenes from Campsfield IRC
This piece was written for Unlocking Detention by William, from […]
Harmondsworth: story of those detained within the walls
This article was initially written for the ‘Unlocking Detention’ digital […]
Frontline Update: #Unlocked15 Morton Hall Special – Our Story
To mark the ‘Unlocking Detention’ tour’s visit to Morton Hall […]
#Unlocked15: Four months in Brook House
This piece was written for #Unlocked15 by Yann, a member of the Freed […]
What the Immigration Bill 2015 means for immigration detention
This briefing for the second reading of the 2015 Immigration Bill, […]
Indefinite detention: ‘This is happening on your doorstep’
This was a speech delivered by Souleymane of the Freed […]
Thinking Outside the Box: #Unlocked15 special – Dover IRC
This article is part of our ‘Thinking Outside the Box’ series […]
The Verne IRC: detention on your doorstep
As well as shining a spotlight on the very specific […]
Prison under immigration powers: a plane crash
These piece was written anonymously for #Unlocked15 by a member […]
Solidarity at home and abroad
To move the conversation from ‘charity’ to ‘justice’ we must […]
Indefinite detention? We are in the world of Kafka
Today, the UK’s practice of indefinite immigration detention will come […]
Detention Action wins Liberty Human Rights Campaign of the Year Award!
Detention Action were very humbled, and privileged, to receive the Liberty Human […]
#UnlockTheDebate – send us your vids!
With the first full parliamentary debate on the detention inquiry report due […]
Detention Action nominated for Liberty Human Rights Campaign of the Year award
Detention Action are honored to be shortlisted for the 2015 […]
Thinking Outside the Box: Mary
In the second of our ‘Thinking Outside the Box’ series, which looks […]
10th Sept: Parliamentary Debate on the Detention Inquiry
The debate scheduled for the 10th September 2015 will be […]
#UnlockTheDebate – what would you say in the parliamentary debate on detention?
On the 10th September, the House of Commons will host the first full […]
UN Committee back British Parliamentarians’ call for a time limit
Detention Action welcome the news that parliamentarians have called on […]
Thinking Outside the Box: Meg
In the first of our ‘Thinking Outside the Box’ series, which […]
Further defeat for government over Fast Track asylum process
The Court of Appeal has today dismissed the Lord Chancellor’s […]
#Unlocked15:
Detention Action is helping run the second Unlocking Detention project, in conjuncture […]
Frontline Update: What does the DFT suspension means on the ground?
What does the Home Office’s decision to suspend the Detained […]
BREAKING NEWS: DFT finally suspended, in its entirety!
Minister for Immigration James Brokenshire has today announced the suspension […]
DFT Latest: Clarifying the current situation
After a series of often complex judgments, appeals and cross-appeals, […]
BREAKING NEWS: Court of Appeal ends fast tracking of asylum appeals!
The Court of Appeal has today finally brought to a […]
High Court quashes Detained Fast Track asylum appeals process
The High Court has today declared the appeals process for […]
Event: Immigration Detention – A British addiction
When: Monday 15th June 2015, 11:00 to 15.00 Where: The Hub (Teesside […]
A month on: assessing the political landscape post-election
It is now a month since the election. A month […]
Tell you future MP it’s #Time4aTimeLimit
With the general election fast approaching it’s crucial we keep the […]
Frontline Update: ‘Lawmakers need to put themselves in my shoes’
In this latest Frontline Update, Jalloh of the Freed Voices […]
Why are we are fighting to end the Detained Fast Track?
Just in case you were wondering why we’re continuing our […]
Labour commits to time-limit on detention
Yesterday, shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper took the momentous step […]
Help us beat the Detained Fast Track!
Detention Action is once again taking part in the London […]
Detained Fast Track litigation update
The yard at Harmondsworth is full of people. They are […]
Freed Voices break the internet
Ever since the first ever parliamentary inquiry into the use of […]
Detention Inquiry report released: ‘we cannot go on as we are.’
Today, Detention Action welcomes the release of the first ever […]
#Time4aTimeLimit
Last Friday, organisations from across the country gathered in London […]
