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March 22, 2019

Freed Voices respond to the HASC immigration detention inquiry report

Freed Voices welcome the Home Affairs Select Committee immigration detention inquiry report’s findings and recommendations. Credit goes to all the MPs for…

March 8, 2019

3 things the Immigration Minister got wrong in the space of 2 minutes

MP’s debated the time limit on immigration detention last week. Across Parliament, senior Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, SNP, Green and…

February 20, 2019

I was in indefinite detention

By Michael Darko I’m a member of Freed Voices. We’re a group of experts-by-experience who speak about the realities of…

February 11, 2019

6 things you might not know about how we treat migrants in the UK

Indefinite immigration detention is a shocking human rights abuse that’s happening on a huge scale right here in the UK….

February 8, 2019

Freed Voices back calls for a time limit on immigration detention

The Joint Committee on Human Rights has released its report into immigration detention, which included recommending the introduction of a…

December 31, 2018

MPs including Jeremy Corbyn make New Year’s resolutions

MPs from Labour, Conservatives, SNP and DUP look to end this one thing in 2019

The Indefinite Detention Scandal

“The hostile environment and indefinite detention are two of the biggest stains on our democracy”

December 17, 2018

“It is only an accident of fate that I was born in the UK”

Freed Voices member K.A. interviews Baroness Hamwee, a long-term advocate for detention reform in the House of Lords. Baroness Hamwee…

December 11, 2018

Separation and abandonment as a result of detention

This blog comes from A. Panquang, a member of Freed Voices and was originally posted on Unlocking Detention.  Detaining anybody simply means…

December 10, 2018

For many autumns to come

This blog was written by Mishka, a member of Freed Voices, and was originally posted on Unlocking Detention. Two days have passed…