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Detention Forum @detentionforum.bsky.social · 9d

The judgement builds on case law surrounding powers of immigration detention + consequent immigration bail. These powers can only be applied where there is some prospect of removal.
Now the High Court has extended the application of these principles to the exercise of electronic monitoring powers.

Free Movement @freemovement.bsky.social · 11d

In case you missed it: High Court clarifies the limits of electronic monitoring immigration bail powers | Jonah Mendelsohn

High Court clarifies the limits of electronic monitoring immigration bail powers - Free Movement

The High Court has ruled on the limits of immigration bail powers in the context of electronic monitoring conditions where there is no prospect of the Home

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AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · 7d

📺An event for people in #Belfast to attend tonight!

Aminata Kolokoh - our Senior Outreach Coordinator will join this panel to showcase our joint animation about the reality of being detained.

festivalofsocialscience.com/events/remov...

Removed: how does it feel to be detained in immigration detention? | Events | Festival of Social Science

Join this session at the Queen's Film Theatre (QFT), where attendees can watch the short animated film Removed looking at immigration detention, followed by opportunity to hear…

festivalofsocialscience.com

AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · 22d

🚨This Thursday, 16 October at 9.30am, Home Affairs Select Committee will question Border Security Commander on work of the Border Security Command, questions will also include ‘one in, one out’ deal with France.

📺Watch here: committees.parliament.uk/event/25149/...

16 October 2025 - Border security and irregular migration: The work of the Border Security Command - Oral evidence - Committees - UK Parliament

09:00 - The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

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AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · 22d

“The agreement between the UK and France will go down as a dark chapter in history because it has abandoned us completely"

Visitor groups are already seeing immense harm under this scheme - it should be scrapped immediately.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Human rights groups call for France to suspend ‘one in, one out’ treaty with UK

UK and French organisations file legal challenge against July agreement to swap asylum seekers

www.theguardian.com

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rainbowmigration.bsky.social @rainbowmigration.bsky.social · Sep 29

In the run up to @righttoremain National Day of Solidarity to End Immigration Detention on the 18th of October, Rainbow Migration and Beyond Detention are collaborating for this event. Grab your tickets: www.outsavvy.com/event/30410/...

In-person event in London: End immigration detention. See caption for details.

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AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · Sep 23

People of #Scotland - one of our network member @sdvisitors.bsky.social is the only organisation to provide vital support and solidarity to people detained at Dungavel detention center.

Please consider supporting their emergency appeal to raise funds:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/emergency-15

Emergency appeal

Help us to continue our vital work, supporting people detained by the immigration service in Dungavel

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

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AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · Sep 23

“It is unfortunate that the appellant went on to suffer two cardiovascular attacks having refrained from going for health checks,” the judge said, adding that George has been destitute while in the UK.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Disabled Nigerian man living in UK for 38 years wins appeal against deportation

Anthony Olubunmi George, who arrived in 1986 and has no criminal convictions, given right to remain

www.theguardian.com

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Detention Action @detentionaction.bsky.social · Sep 17

Hear Fessahaye's story: he fled torture and slavery, only to be detained in the UK and threatened with removal under the new asylum deal. Detention is harsh, harmful, and wholly unsuitable for those fleeing war, torture, and persecution.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · Sep 2

💼Join this incredible team to challenge immigration detention and support those held in Colnbrook and Harmondsworth Immigration Detention Center.

#Jobalert - learn more below:

Jesuit Refugee Service UK @jrsuk.bsky.social · Aug 30

We're #hiring!

JRS UK is recruiting a full-time Detention Outreach Caseworker to accompany and support people in immigration detention, offering practical help & advocacy. Learn more & apply:

Join our team | JRS UK

Join our team to help make a difference to the lives of refugees and forcibly displaced people.

jrsuk.net

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Jesuit Refugee Service UK @jrsuk.bsky.social · Aug 22

Join our team! 💙

JRS UK is recruiting a full-time Detention Outreach Caseworker to accompany and support people in immigration detention, offering practical help & advocacy. Learn more & apply: jrsuk.net/work-with-us

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AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · Aug 8

"Detention is being normalised. Removals are happening faster. Rights are harder to access. One in, one out – but everyone loses. It is a high-speed pipeline for expulsion"

Our concerns about the UK Government’s newly operational “one-in, one-out” policy
www.aviddetention.org.uk/article/pres...

[Press Release] “One in, one out – but everyone loses”: AVID raises concern over the new governement policy

Government plays numbers game as suicidality, and human-rights warnings pile up in UK detention system.

www.aviddetention.org.uk

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AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thank you to the Casework Solidarity Forum for providing a space to connect, learn from and support each other in an increasingly challenging environment. We were able to hear and speak about how to manage capacity, how we can mobilise as a sector against racism and how to care for each other.

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AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · Jul 27

His family are still waiting for answers.

📢 Let Alfred’s name echo beyond the walls of Brook House.

Let it be a call for dignity, accountability, and an end to a system that continues to harm.

Our sincere condolences to his family.

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AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · Jul 27

🕯️ Remembering Alfred Dosku🕯️

Last week, we had sat through 5-days inquest into his death. The jury read out their verdict as 'Suicide'.

Just one week after arriving at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre, Alfred was found with a ligature around his neck(09th November 2023). (1/2)

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AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · Jul 21

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rainbowmigration.bsky.social @rainbowmigration.bsky.social · Jul 21

⚠️Immigration detention is not safe for anyone, but #LGBTQI+ people are at even higher risk of harm from homophobic abuse and bullying.

📢Join us in calling on this government to end LGBTQI+ detention today: bit.ly/3GX6T3w

AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · Jul 19

🚨 Squalid. Unsafe. Inhumane.
That’s how HMP Pentonville is described in a new Urgent Notification by @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social

💥 28% of imprisoned are non-British nationals.
📊 AVID’s FOI: 10 people on average are held under immigration powers.

We don’t need new prisons. We need a new approach.

HMI Prisons @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social · Jul 18

On Wednesday, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons wrote to Shabana Mahmood invoking an Urgent Notification for HMP Pentonville.

Read the letter and inspection debrief: hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmipris_repo...

And the press release: hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/news/many-pr...

Urgent notification invoked for HMP Pentonville, July 2025. Safety was poor, respect was not sufficiently good, purposeful activity was poor and preparation for release was poor.

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AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · Jul 18

IMB's 2024 Derwentside detention center for women report is out.
⚖️ 3/5 women released on bail (detention was unnecessary)
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Mothers separated from children
🏥 'Adults at risk' with mental health crises kept detained

You can take action to support and stand in solidarity with women in this center👇

Image of Derwentside detention center and what they don't want you to see report by IMB

The numbers - 60% of the people released back and unnecessary detention from the start

Government failures and deliberate cruel policy

take action - join a visitors group, join a protest and share this post

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Right to Remain @right-to-remain.bsky.social · Jul 17

❤️🖤❤️ Tonight! ❤️🖤❤️

Join us at 6:30pm!

We look forward to seeing you at the online launch of the National Day of Solidarity to End Immigration Detention 2025

Come and find out how you can get involved!

Booking information ⬇️

righttoremain.org.uk/17-july-onli...

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AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · Jul 16

Sad statistics from the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman report: 35% increase in deaths in prison and other custody last year.
At least one death at Brook House IRC which has pending Inquest hearing later this month.

The Labour government must act quickly and now.

AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · Jul 11

Accountability? Just for show.
The High Court has just ruled that the Home Office’s system for investigating complaints of mistreatment of people in detention is procedurally unfair.
It echoes the findings of the Brook House Inquiry.

📘Read more:
www.duncanlewis.co.uk/Reported_Cas...

High Court Finds Home Office Complaints Process for Immigration Detain

High Court Finds Home Office Complaints Process for Immigration Detainees Is Unfair

www.duncanlewis.co.uk

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AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · Jul 10

The Supreme Court just ruled the Home Office acted unlawfully—again.

A win for Medical Justice and for every person NGOs resisting unchecked detention powers.

NGOs like AVID and visitor groups must be able to scrutinise policy that affects liberty.
www.wilsonllp.co.uk/news/supreme...

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refugeetales.bsky.social @refugeetales.bsky.social · Jul 5

Ali Smith writes in @theobserver.bsky.social ‘Ten years on, in even darker times for the people rendered voiceless and used as political expedience every day, Refugee Tales is more necessary than ever.’ shorturl.at/Fl5Z7 @rsliterature.bsky.social @commapress.bsky.social @aviddetention.bsky.social

Ali Smith: ‘Refugee Tales is a small bright spot in dark ...

In 2015 the novelist Ali Smith was invited to tell the story of a former detainee. Ten years on, she explains why the project is more necessary than ever

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AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · Jun 26

No more desert islands.
We’re building bridges - through sign-in support, bail help, visitors group and protests.

We don’t need more cages.
We need more courage, compassion, and collective action.

We refuse detention.
We choose solidarity.
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AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · Jun 26

Last month, the Prime Minister claimed Britain is turning into an “island of strangers”—blaming people seeking safety for social breakdown.

But we reject that - yesterday was a notable example.
We are not strangers
We are neighbours, networks, and communities of care.
bsky.app/profile/birc...
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BIRCH Network @birchnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 2

Join us to discuss how we might offer support to those who have to report to the Home Office in Solihull. Detentions, deportations & removals are rising, we want to offer support to those facing these issues & work collectively to resist, organise and mitigate some of the impacts of these policies.

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AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · Jun 26

But these aren’t accidents of policy. They’re islands of control, purpose-built to isolate

Detention centres like Derwentside, Manston, & Yarl's Wood are part of a carceral archipelago, scattered across the UK, where the state disappears people—often racialised, queer, poor, and marginalised.
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