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What do the 2017 immigration statistics tell us?
The government has released its immigration statistics for 2017. The […]
4 actions you can take to support the Yarl’s Wood strikers
On Wednesday 21st of February a large group of women […]
Detention Action and Freed Voices welcome Labour commitment to end indefinite detention
Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott has today outlined the “fair […]
The future of bail addresses in doubt
Two weeks ago, the Home Office quietly abolished the system […]
What do migrants think of immigration policy?
Our Director, Jerome Phelps, reflects on migrant responses to The […]
Home Office policy on indefinite detention: burning money
Earlier this week, (in an unlikely turn of events), the […]
A Matter of Routine: experts-by-experience call on MPs to end indefinite detention
NGOs, experts and parliamentarians come together at the launch of […]
RSVP NOW! 19th January: ‘Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Detention But Were Too Afraid To Ask’ feat. The Claim
Join us on the 19th January for an evening of […]
SAVE THE DATE: 27th January, Holocaust Memorial Concert
We’re very excited about Jacqueline Cole’s forthcoming piano recital to […]
Putting stock Home Office statements in the stocks
New Freed Voices member, John P.*, was recently released after ten months […]
Ten years on: reflections on a decade working on the injustice of detention
Immigration detention and the detention estate can sometimes appear permanent […]
Walls of resistance
This piece is written for Unlocking Detention by ‘Jose’ of […]
Trafficked into detention
Trafficked people in detention are being denied the full protection […]
Trafficked into detention: new research from Detention Action
Trafficked people in detention are being denied the full protection […]
Detained Fast Track Litigation Case Study: Using the Law for Social Change
Research published today by the Institute for Voluntary Action Research […]
Parliamentary meeting on immigration detention on 16 November – is your MP attending?
Next week, on the 16th November, the APPG on Migration […]
Guantanamo Bay, a tube ride away
Last week, Jose from the Freed Voices group joined a […]
‘The Seamed Zones’
Last week, I delivered a speech alongside Michael from the Freed […]
“We need it now. People are dying.” Freed Voices lobbying for #Time4aTimeLimit
Last week, Mishka from Freed Voices joined campaigners Fred Ashmore […]
Verne closes, Shaw looms
This blog was written by Jerome Phelps, Director of Detention […]
Panorama, Freed Voices and another death in detention
Last week, BBC Panorama revealed assault and abuse of migrants detained at […]
Abuse in Brook House: Freed Voices open letter
We are Freed Voices. Together we have lost over 20 […]
Shaw II: The chance to right some wrongs
By Joe, Freed Voices The fact that the Home Office […]
Detention statistics: the government fails to deliver its promise of reform
“Indefinite detention makes you lose your mind, your head. I […]
Rebalancing the scales after ‘deport first, appeal later’
Imagine moving to the UK as a young man. You […]
Working in detention: Between the devil and the deep blue sea
Wilson of the Freed Voices group was held in detention […]
Detention on trial
What happens when indefinite detention goes on trial in the court […]
#RefugeeWeek: surviving indefinite detention
One of the central themes of #RefugeeWeek this year is […]
#Time4aTimeLimit: Five Guys
Reflections on indefinite detention are often framed in the singular, […]
#Time4aTimeLimit: Freed Voices on the general election
Brexit. The refugee ‘crisis’. Integration. There is little doubt that […]
Why is so much art about the ‘refugee crisis’ so bad?
Even at a celebrity art gala you can don an […]
#Time4aTimeLimit: The difference between prison and detention
This piece was written by Sam from the Freed Voices […]
General Election 2017, #Time4aTimeLimit
‘Being locked up in detention in the UK is like […]
Return of the Fast Track?
Justice Secretary, Liz Truss, announced proposals to introduce a fast […]
Charter flights: ‘when politics comes before people’
Last month activists prevented the departure of a charter flight […]
Not one more: Another death at the Verne
Yesterday we learned of another death in detention. As the […]
Will More and Longer Detention Solve the ‘Migration Crisis’?
This article originally appeared on the Border Criminologies blog on […]
Morton Hall: ‘The devastating impact of indefinite detention can no longer be denied’
Today, HM Inspectorate of Prisons has released a report following an unannounced […]
Home Office policy vs Home Office practice – Freed Voices on the #DetentionDebate
Today’s Westminster Hall debate on the detention of vulnerable people […]
#DetentionDebate tomorrow at Westminster
Tomorrow, 14 March, there will be a debate about the […]
Freed Voices meet the UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Last month, Freed Voices members William and Kasonga met with […]
#BeyondDetention: Freed Voices & UNHCR Global Detention Strategy
“The truth is that we, the migrants, have become leverage […]
Integration: A debate or a diktat?
“Right now, there is a big conversation about integration in […]
High Court rules asylum-seekers denied justice in detention for 10 years.
The High Court has today found that asylum-seekers were being […]
Of rights and dignity in detention: The new powers under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016
The Investigatory Powers Act has just become law. How will […]
#Unlocked16 Reflection Special
This article was first published on the Unlocking Detention website. To […]
Two deaths, one week
At Detention Action we were saddened to learn that in one […]
No shirking: hold the government accountable for promises they made to overhaul the UK’s detention system
The people demanded radical change. The Detention Inquiry and the […]
From inside Colnbrook: my drawing is my feeling
Jay has been detained in Colnbrook for 3 months. This […]
Julio y amigos: The impact of detention on the Latin American community in the UK
This piece originally appeared on Unlocking Detention blog as part […]
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 […]
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 […]
