Detention
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"Refusal Factory" - Women's Experiences of the Detained Fast-Track Asylum Process at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre, September 2007
A new report released by Bail for Immigration Detainees shows that women asylum seekers are set up to fail if their case is decided when they are in detention.
Alternatives to Immigration and Detention of Children and Families (July 2006)
A report condemning the increase in the use of detention over the last five years, and the fact that as many as 2000 children are detained every year. The report also highlights the growing concerns over the psychological and physical impact of detention on children. This report was supported by the No Place for a Child Coalition of which Scottish Refugee Council was a partner. Click here to read the executive summary of the report or visit the No Place for a Child Campaign website at www.noplaceforachild.org/.
Scottish Detainee Visitors
Scottish Detainee Visitors (SDV) is an independent charity which provides social, emotional and practical support to asylum and immigration detainees in Scotland. SDV volunteers visit detainees in Dungavel Removal Centre on Monday and Thursday evenings.
Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees (AVID)
National umbrella organisation for groups visiting immigration detainees. Includes visitor groups and lobbying contact details.
Bail for Immigration Detainees
The only independent charity that specifically challenges immigration detention in the UK. Comprehensive and up-to-date
National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns.
Voluntary organisation providing practical help and advice for people facing deportation and those campaigning for them.
Amnesty International Detention Report 20th June 2005
Amnesty International's recent report on detention is titled 'Seeking asylum is not a crime: detention of people who have sought
asylum'. Click here if you would like to see a copy of the report (PDF).
Amnesty International Detention Report Summary June 2005
A summarised version of the detention report (PDF).