Detention Forum
@detentionforum.bsky.social
We are a network of over 50 independent organisations committed to working together to challenge the use of immigration detention in the UK
https://detentionforum.org.uk/
https://detentionforum.org.uk/
Insightful analyis, explaining that the proposed changes represent the biggest overhaul of the immigration system since 1971. Almost all will make life worse not just for immigrants but also the British citizens who love them, the universities that teach them and the businesses that employ them.
In case you missed it: Briefing: the implications of the “earned settlement” proposals and what they might mean in practice | Alex Piletska
Briefing: the implications of the “earned settlement” proposals and what they might mean in practice - Free Movement
We’ve now had a few weeks to digest the “earned settlement” policy document, which outlines the proposed changes to the settlement system ahead of the public
freemovement.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Insightful analyis, explaining that the proposed changes represent the biggest overhaul of the immigration system since 1971. Almost all will make life worse not just for immigrants but also the British citizens who love them, the universities that teach them and the businesses that employ them.
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In case you missed it: Briefing: the implications of the “earned settlement” proposals and what they might mean in practice | Alex Piletska
Briefing: the implications of the “earned settlement” proposals and what they might mean in practice - Free Movement
We’ve now had a few weeks to digest the “earned settlement” policy document, which outlines the proposed changes to the settlement system ahead of the public
freemovement.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In case you missed it: Briefing: the implications of the “earned settlement” proposals and what they might mean in practice | Alex Piletska
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🌈 Micro Rainbow offers training!
We can deliver #training and produce resources to empower your organisation to work more sensitively and effectively with #LGBTQI #refugees and #AsylumSeekers.
Email [email protected] or learn more here: microrainbow.org/training-cou...
We can deliver #training and produce resources to empower your organisation to work more sensitively and effectively with #LGBTQI #refugees and #AsylumSeekers.
Email [email protected] or learn more here: microrainbow.org/training-cou...
December 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
🌈 Micro Rainbow offers training!
We can deliver #training and produce resources to empower your organisation to work more sensitively and effectively with #LGBTQI #refugees and #AsylumSeekers.
Email [email protected] or learn more here: microrainbow.org/training-cou...
We can deliver #training and produce resources to empower your organisation to work more sensitively and effectively with #LGBTQI #refugees and #AsylumSeekers.
Email [email protected] or learn more here: microrainbow.org/training-cou...
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No one should be returned to their torturers.
No one should be returned to their torturers.
No one should be returned to their torturers.
No one should be returned to their torturers.
A #HumanRightsDay reminder.
Add your voice now: secure.freedomfromtorture.org/page/177256/...
No one should be returned to their torturers.
No one should be returned to their torturers.
No one should be returned to their torturers.
A #HumanRightsDay reminder.
Add your voice now: secure.freedomfromtorture.org/page/177256/...
UK politicians – never send survivors back to their torturers
Join me and add your voice to make sure no politician can ever send someone back to their torturers.
secure.freedomfromtorture.org
December 10, 2025 at 10:48 AM
No one should be returned to their torturers.
No one should be returned to their torturers.
No one should be returned to their torturers.
No one should be returned to their torturers.
A #HumanRightsDay reminder.
Add your voice now: secure.freedomfromtorture.org/page/177256/...
No one should be returned to their torturers.
No one should be returned to their torturers.
No one should be returned to their torturers.
A #HumanRightsDay reminder.
Add your voice now: secure.freedomfromtorture.org/page/177256/...
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The shocking new audit data on the asylum system backlog has confirmed what we've been saying all along: the government's asylum system is torturous and inhumane.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Shocking' asylum watchdog report lifts lid on backlog and wasted cash
The National Audit Office (NAO) has said short-term planning in the asylum system has created new backlogs - with large numbers of people waiting years for a decision
www.mirror.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The shocking new audit data on the asylum system backlog has confirmed what we've been saying all along: the government's asylum system is torturous and inhumane.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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New from FM: Immigration roundup podcast: November 2025 | Sonia Lenegan
Immigration roundup podcast: November 2025 - Free Movement
Sonia also ran through some of the lowlights from the latest quarterly statistics and gave updates on the latest eVisa and section 3C leave challenges. Barry
freemovement.org.uk
December 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
New from FM: Immigration roundup podcast: November 2025 | Sonia Lenegan
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We say we want “global talent,” but what if our visa system only welcomes the wealthy?
Read more 👇
nandosigona.info/2025/12/08/w...
#globaltalent #visa #migration #Labour
Read more 👇
nandosigona.info/2025/12/08/w...
#globaltalent #visa #migration #Labour
We want global talents (but only if they are rich)
Nando Sigona, University of Birmingham Last week’s intervention by a leading UK scientist over the prohibitive cost of visas raised an uncomfortable truth: Britain’s migration system is not — or is…
nandosigona.info
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
We say we want “global talent,” but what if our visa system only welcomes the wealthy?
Read more 👇
nandosigona.info/2025/12/08/w...
#globaltalent #visa #migration #Labour
Read more 👇
nandosigona.info/2025/12/08/w...
#globaltalent #visa #migration #Labour
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No good deed, thanks to the vicious propaganda campaigns of the billionaire media, now goes unpunished.
They hate it when anyone tries to make life better for vulnerable people.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
They hate it when anyone tries to make life better for vulnerable people.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK charities face ‘culture of fear’ as threats and violence surge
Exclusive: Charity Commission chief condemns public hostility towards staff helping women and refugees and at places of worship
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
No good deed, thanks to the vicious propaganda campaigns of the billionaire media, now goes unpunished.
They hate it when anyone tries to make life better for vulnerable people.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
They hate it when anyone tries to make life better for vulnerable people.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Bail hearings offer an opportunity for release for people detained indefinitely under immigration powers in prison-like conditions. Based on hearings over the past 10 years, the Bail Observation Project's new report recommends changes in the wish for visible justice.
bailobs.org/original-rep...
bailobs.org/original-rep...
Bail Observation Project reports
The Bail Observation Project have launched a new report – Still a Struggle for Justice, which can be downloaded below. BOP Report – Still a Struggle for Justice, 2025 Previously, the Ba…
bailobs.org
December 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Bail hearings offer an opportunity for release for people detained indefinitely under immigration powers in prison-like conditions. Based on hearings over the past 10 years, the Bail Observation Project's new report recommends changes in the wish for visible justice.
bailobs.org/original-rep...
bailobs.org/original-rep...
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This is so disgusting.
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This is so disgusting.
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From last week: Job ad: Solicitor/IAA Level 3 Caseworker (IAAS Senior Caseworker) | Free Movement freemovement.org.uk/job-ad-solic...
Job ad: Solicitor/IAA Level 3 Caseworker (IAAS Senior Caseworker) - Free Movement
This post is based in Manchester providing face to face and online legal immigration advice and representation to people across North West England. GMIAU
freemovement.org.uk
December 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
From last week: Job ad: Solicitor/IAA Level 3 Caseworker (IAAS Senior Caseworker) | Free Movement freemovement.org.uk/job-ad-solic...
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Sunder is being very polite. More bluntly, the Home Office is lying.
The Home Office continues to use language that its own data refutes
December 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Sunder is being very polite. More bluntly, the Home Office is lying.
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📹 Watch community groups come together to tell the Home Office - we choose compassion not cruelty.
Want to join us? Write to your MP TODAY
tinyurl.com/382ujcwn
#TogetherWithRefugees
Want to join us? Write to your MP TODAY
tinyurl.com/382ujcwn
#TogetherWithRefugees
December 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
📹 Watch community groups come together to tell the Home Office - we choose compassion not cruelty.
Want to join us? Write to your MP TODAY
tinyurl.com/382ujcwn
#TogetherWithRefugees
Want to join us? Write to your MP TODAY
tinyurl.com/382ujcwn
#TogetherWithRefugees
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Shipping people off to military land in the middle of nowhere does nothing to solve the problems in our asylum system.
It's a completely failed experiment in expensive cruelty - it shouldn't be delayed, it should be cancelled completely.
It's a completely failed experiment in expensive cruelty - it shouldn't be delayed, it should be cancelled completely.
Shabana Mahmood's Asylum Seeker Military 'Warehousing' Plans Delayed Amid Opposition by Labour MPs
Home Office sources tell Byline Times that local Labour MPs are opposing plans by the Home Secretary to use barracks and army bases to house asylum seekers amid rising community tensions
bylinetimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Shipping people off to military land in the middle of nowhere does nothing to solve the problems in our asylum system.
It's a completely failed experiment in expensive cruelty - it shouldn't be delayed, it should be cancelled completely.
It's a completely failed experiment in expensive cruelty - it shouldn't be delayed, it should be cancelled completely.
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Quick reminder: the Prime Minister knows exactly what the real problems in our asylum system are, and how to fix them.
Process claims quicker and let people get on with their lives.
Here's what he said before he became PM - let's remind him of what he seems to have forgotten:
Process claims quicker and let people get on with their lives.
Here's what he said before he became PM - let's remind him of what he seems to have forgotten:
December 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Quick reminder: the Prime Minister knows exactly what the real problems in our asylum system are, and how to fix them.
Process claims quicker and let people get on with their lives.
Here's what he said before he became PM - let's remind him of what he seems to have forgotten:
Process claims quicker and let people get on with their lives.
Here's what he said before he became PM - let's remind him of what he seems to have forgotten:
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In the last 24hours the @CalaisAppeal fundraiser total has increased THREE TIMES OVER.
Like the Grinch, my heart is growing 3 sizes today ❤️❤️🥹🥹
Thank you so much to the good people sharing & donating - please keep passing it on! Love wins!!
Like the Grinch, my heart is growing 3 sizes today ❤️❤️🥹🥹
Thank you so much to the good people sharing & donating - please keep passing it on! Love wins!!
This year I’m doing something different - I’m only going to talk about this one appeal.
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
December 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
In the last 24hours the @CalaisAppeal fundraiser total has increased THREE TIMES OVER.
Like the Grinch, my heart is growing 3 sizes today ❤️❤️🥹🥹
Thank you so much to the good people sharing & donating - please keep passing it on! Love wins!!
Like the Grinch, my heart is growing 3 sizes today ❤️❤️🥹🥹
Thank you so much to the good people sharing & donating - please keep passing it on! Love wins!!
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No child should be used as a political punching bag. Farage’s attack on #Glasgow’s multilingual pupils is code for attacking the children of those of colour and of refugee or immigrant backgrounds. Targeting migrant children is just another dog whistle and an utter disgrace. Shame on #NigelFarage.
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
No child should be used as a political punching bag. Farage’s attack on #Glasgow’s multilingual pupils is code for attacking the children of those of colour and of refugee or immigrant backgrounds. Targeting migrant children is just another dog whistle and an utter disgrace. Shame on #NigelFarage.
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Samuel told us how his family was thrown into chaos when the Home Office detained him and threatened to deport him. Seven years on, he and his children still live under that threat.
This Christmas, Help us Keep Families Together.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
This Christmas, Help us Keep Families Together.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Samuel told us how his family was thrown into chaos when the Home Office detained him and threatened to deport him. Seven years on, he and his children still live under that threat.
This Christmas, Help us Keep Families Together.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
This Christmas, Help us Keep Families Together.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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The Home Secretary’s sweeping new immigration plans have been praised by Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage.
We can't accept a system that exposes people to hostility and hatred.
Please ask your MP to choose compassion, not cruelty and oppose these harsh proposals
scottishrefugeecounc...
We can't accept a system that exposes people to hostility and hatred.
Please ask your MP to choose compassion, not cruelty and oppose these harsh proposals
scottishrefugeecounc...
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The Home Secretary’s sweeping new immigration plans have been praised by Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage.
We can't accept a system that exposes people to hostility and hatred.
Please ask your MP to choose compassion, not cruelty and oppose these harsh proposals
scottishrefugeecounc...
We can't accept a system that exposes people to hostility and hatred.
Please ask your MP to choose compassion, not cruelty and oppose these harsh proposals
scottishrefugeecounc...
Use this tool to urge your MP to attend the launch of 'You can't stay, but you can't go,' a new report by Humans for Rights Network, 3-5pm, 8 Dec. It details record-high deaths + systematic state-organised + funded violence at the UK-France border 2024-25.
fightforasylumrights.org/write-to-you...
fightforasylumrights.org/write-to-you...
WRITE TO YOUR MP ACTION - Border Violence: #KnowTheirNames - Fight for Asylum Rights
fightforasylumrights.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Use this tool to urge your MP to attend the launch of 'You can't stay, but you can't go,' a new report by Humans for Rights Network, 3-5pm, 8 Dec. It details record-high deaths + systematic state-organised + funded violence at the UK-France border 2024-25.
fightforasylumrights.org/write-to-you...
fightforasylumrights.org/write-to-you...
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🚨Today, the government's Border Security Bill receives royal assent and becomes law. Some sections will not come into force for two months.
This Act creates even more offences to criminalise and persecute people who come here to seek safety. 🧵[1/5]
This Act creates even more offences to criminalise and persecute people who come here to seek safety. 🧵[1/5]
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
🚨Today, the government's Border Security Bill receives royal assent and becomes law. Some sections will not come into force for two months.
This Act creates even more offences to criminalise and persecute people who come here to seek safety. 🧵[1/5]
This Act creates even more offences to criminalise and persecute people who come here to seek safety. 🧵[1/5]
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
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If you're trying to get your head round Mahmood's idiotic "earned settlement" proposals that aim to keep refugees in limbo 20 years, & offer a sliding scale of crulety to all immigrants based on their pay packet, this is a great, clear explainer by @praxisprojects.bsky.social & @gmiau.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If you're trying to get your head round Mahmood's idiotic "earned settlement" proposals that aim to keep refugees in limbo 20 years, & offer a sliding scale of crulety to all immigrants based on their pay packet, this is a great, clear explainer by @praxisprojects.bsky.social & @gmiau.bsky.social