“I ask you this: who benefits from indefinite detention? Nobody does.”
Freed Voices: Michael →
Supporting people in detention. Campaigning for change.
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
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
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About 4 hours ago from Detention Action
More on horrific unlawful detention case - held/questioned for 8 hours whilst miscarrying, taken to detention unabl… https://t.co/R3g5dgOA8J
About 8 hours ago from Detention Action
The Home Office detained a trafficking survivor who was so unwell after a miscarriage that she could not walk unass… https://t.co/fVlRBbrUmT
About 12 hours ago from Detention Action
Today in immigration detention - lots of our clients experience serious mental health problems and are still detain… https://t.co/KQtE6czGiV
About 1 day ago from Detention Action
“But that drop doesn’t seem accurate to me: I was working in Brook House over 2017 and 2018 and I continued to see… https://t.co/fRJittuAKZ
About 5 days ago from Detention Action
"We have a system that has got used to being able to act largely as it wishes, with blurry self-policed lines betwe… https://t.co/dDFTj0R0xf
About 6 days ago from Detention Action
"It sounds like a bad joke for divided times, but I often ask people what they think would get David Davis, Carolin… https://t.co/5nIP1bi7xE
About 1 week ago from Detention Action
"We need more safe and regular routes for travel so that people who have lost everything are not forced to risk the… https://t.co/cNHrkhYpe2
About 1 week 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 →