“I ask you this: who benefits from indefinite detention? Nobody does.”
Freed Voices: Michael →
Supporting people in detention. Campaigning for change.
27,331 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
Join the #Time4aTimeLimit campaign
The UK is the only country in Europe that has no time limit on immigration detention. This has to end. It's #Time4aTimeLimit.
Join the campaign →Volunteer with us
We rely on a network of volunteers to deliver support and advice to people in immigration detention. This includes our visitors, interpreters and advocacy and support volunteers.
Volunteer with us →In the news
"The presence of the Grim Reaper hangs over these detention centres. We can and we must do better than this."… https://t.co/jZQiCcSwKS
About 7 hours ago from Detention Action
Do you agree? This is one of the most important human rights abuses in the UK today – but many people don’t know it… https://t.co/mERL2XUdn4
About 22 hours ago from Detention Action
Chair of @thebarcouncil Richard Atkins QC calls indefinite detention "a stain on our justice system" MPs must take… https://t.co/Pq1l94rQr6
About 1 day ago from Detention Action
Do you agree? This is one of the most important human rights abuses in the UK today – but many people don’t know it… https://t.co/LjKtAQP0GU
About 1 day ago from Detention Action
The Home Office attitude to immigration detention is “careless and cavalier – including casework failures, insuffic… https://t.co/qZBpI74Ih9
About 1 day ago from Detention Action
Do you agree? This is one of the most important human rights abuses in the UK today – but many people don’t know it… https://t.co/Ke5RWVRPMz
About 2 days ago from Detention Action
"I felt like a lamb to the slaughter. No one told me how long I was going to be there for - that was the most torme… https://t.co/GwwrrmOXE0
About 2 days ago from Detention Action
Do you agree? This is one of the most important human rights abuses in the UK today – but many people don’t know it… https://t.co/MllDCUufwg
About 2 days ago from Detention Action
Freed Voices
“It is important that we keep our heads high, we stand up and we speak out.”
Freed Voices: Mishka →
“The sense of injustice swells inside of me when I think about it.”
Freed Voices: Kasonga →