This guest post from Chris Gilligan is based on a presentation he gave at SDV’s 2019 AGM. The Irish border has been a contentious issue
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Immigration detention, Brexit and the Irish borders Posted November 7, 2019
What do the latest detention statistics tell us? Posted August 22, 2019 | Tagged: #Time4aTimeLimit, alternatives to detention, Dungavel, statistics
In this blog, SDV Director, Kate Alexander, takes a look at the latest detention figures from the Home Office. She looks at the issues for
Some good news, but so much more to be done Posted March 1, 2019 | Tagged: #Time4aTimeLimit, Dungavel, indefinite detention, statistics
In this blog, we take a look at the latest detention statistics, published by the Home Office on 28 February. There is no doubt that
SDV director, Kate Alexander, blogs about a conversation with ‘Lucy’, currently detained in Dungavel As the Immigration and Social Security Coordination Bill makes its way
Waiting for light Posted December 14, 2018 | Tagged: Home Office, Yarl's Wood
A seasonal reflection from our Life After Detention group At Christmas … I celebrate that I am free – I spent Christmas and my birthday
Latest Dungavel inspection report provides more evidence that it’s #Time4aTimeLimit on immigration detention Posted November 16, 2018 | Tagged: #Time4aTimeLimit, Dungavel, Home Office, indefinite detention
Forty one per cent of people detained in Dungavel felt unsafe according to a HMIP inspection report published today. A survey of the 82 people
The wait is over, the second Shaw Review is finally published Posted July 27, 2018 | Tagged: #Time4aTimeLimit, Detention, Detention Action, Detention Inquiry, Dungavel, Home Office, immigration bail, indefinite detention
In this blog, SDV director, Kate Alexander, takes a look at the follow up to 2016’s Shaw Review and presents an overview of its findings.
Detention Dialogues at the Glad Cafe Posted June 21, 2018 | Tagged: #Time4aTimeLimit, Detention, Dover, Dungavel, Home Office, indefinite detention, Release, The Verne, Yarl's Wood
In this blog, SDV director Kate Alexander reports on our Refugee Festival Scotland event on 19 June at the Glad Cafe A darkened room, two
What do the latest detention figures tell us? Posted February 22, 2018
In this blog, SDV Director, Kate Alexander, takes a look at the latest detention figures from the Home Office. She looks at the issues for
Dear Amber Rudd Posted September 25, 2017 | Tagged: Detention, Dungavel, Home Office
On Tuesday 19 September, a Chinese man was found dead at Dungavel. On the same day, a man detained with him wrote an email about
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