Detention

The following publications provide information about detention, including insight into the experience of female asylum seekers in detention and proposed alternatives to detention.

2007

Refusal factory - Women's experiences of the detained fast-track asylum process at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre (September 2007).

A report released by Bail for Immigration Detainees highlights possible outcomes for female asylum seekers if their case is decided when they are in detention.

Click to read the report

2006

Alternatives to immigration and detention of children and families
July 2006

A report supported by the No Place for a Child Coalition in partnership with Scottish Refugee Council. The report condemns the increase in the use of detention over the past five years and highlights concerns about the psychological and physical impact of detention on children.

Click to read Alternatives to Immigration and Detention of Children and Families (July 2006)

Click to read the executive summary of the report

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