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24,748 people were indefinitely detained last year
Source: gov.uk
What we do
We support people in immigration detention
We support people held at Colnbrook, Harmondsworth and Morton Hall detention centres and people held under immigration powers in London prisons.
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We campaign for detention reform
We're calling for an end to indefinite detention, a strict 28-day time limit and the expansion of community-based alternatives.
How you can help
I oppose inhumane immigration detention
This is the public record of opposition to inhumane immigration detention – an extreme human rights abuse that’s taking place right here in the UK.
I oppose inhumane immigration detention →In the news
“Bias is implicit and often unconscious. It takes great courage to change the system.” Barrister Prof Leslie Thoma… https://t.co/OA7VwF4jQi
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2016: a legal team lead by Marcia Willis Stewart QC proves Hillsborough victims were unlawfully killed… https://t.co/vwy1ygNS3z
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Today, the final part of our celebration of Black Civil Rights Heroes to mark #BlackHistoryMonth In Part 5 - Bris… https://t.co/tltbJFYnQ4
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2004: Lady Phyll and others in the Black Lesbians in the UK group congregated in Southend-on-Sea. It was there that… https://t.co/kzUNPlOLwf
About 18 hours ago from Detention Action
1991: Patricia Scotland, a successful barrister from a young age, made legal history as the first Black woman be in… https://t.co/prjvtzBGSm
About 18 hours ago from Detention Action
On 11th June 1987, just six years after the 1981 protests in Brixton, history was made when Diane Abbott, Bernie Gr… https://t.co/gDWMtrdX39
About 19 hours ago from Detention Action
The first modern Black MPs, Patricia Scotland appointed as a Queens Counsel & Lady Phyll co-founds UK Black Pride -… https://t.co/fuC1b1lx2G
About 21 hours ago from Detention Action
1970. The Mangrove restaurant is much-loved by the Black Community & frequented by celebrities like Jimi Hendrix, B… https://t.co/ZryIioanbJ
About 22 hours ago from Detention Action
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