Briefings / August 22, 2024

Migration Sector Briefing on the Illegal Migration Bill 2023 (May 2023)

Produced in collaboration with a large number of migration and human rights organisations, this briefing was drafted in response to...

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Briefings / July 16, 2021

Detention Action’s Briefing on The Nationality and Borders Bill (July 2021)

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Briefings / February 25, 2019

‘Adults at Risk’ in immigration detention

Detention Action response to the call for evidence from the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration

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Briefings / November 27, 2018

Detention Services Order response

Detention Action’s response to the Draft Operational guidance: Detention Services Order XX/2018 – Management and security of night state.

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Briefings / October 26, 2018

Tribunal Procedure Committee submission

Detention Action submission to the Tribunal Procedure Committee consultation on Rules in relation to detained appellants

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Briefings / October 3, 2018

JCHR: Detention Action submission

Detention Action submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into immigration detention

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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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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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