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/ October 1, 2017

Submissions to the second Shaw Review

Written evidence to the Review into the Home Office Response to the Review of Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons.

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Briefings / March 3, 2017

Indefinite detenion after Shaw

The Shaw Review called for a range of changes, including the application of ‘much greater energy’ to exploring alternatives to detention, including community support.

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Vulnerable people in detention after Shaw

More than a year after the Shaw Review, Detention Action continues to see vulnerable people held in detention

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Reports / September 20, 2016

Without Detention

The UK has one of the largest detention estates in Europe. There are opportunities for alternatives.

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Briefings / October 10, 2015

Parliamentary inquiry 2015

The first Parliamentary inquiry into the entirety of the immigration detention system has concluded that ‘we cannot go on as we are.’ The inquiry calls for a time limit of 28 days on immigration detention, finding the current system ‘expensive, ineffective and unjust.’

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The Immigration Bill 2015 and immigration detention: Second Reading Briefing

The Immigration Bill would risk seriously restricting judicial oversight of the Home Office’s powers of immigration detention.

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The Immigration Bill: a time limit on detention?

The Immigration Bill is an opportunity for an amendment setting a time limit on immigration detention, in line with the rest of Europe.

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The Immigration Bill and detention: Schedules 5 and 6

The Immigration Bill would risk seriously restricting judicial oversight of the Home Office’s powers of immigration detention.

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Reports / April 14, 2015

Detention Action submissions to the Shaw Review – April 2015

Detention Action’s evidence to Stephen Shaw’s first review of the welfare of vulnerable people in detention.

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Briefings / March 10, 2015

The report of the Parliamentary inquiry on detention

The first Parliamentary inquiry into the detention system as a whole has concluded that ‘we cannot go on as we are.’ 

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