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.
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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
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
“Boldly and without delay” or business as usual? Posted August 24, 2017 | Tagged: #Time4aTimeLimit, Detention, Detention Inquiry, indefinite detention, statistics
SDV director, Kate Alexander, looks at the latest detention figures In January 2016, Stephen Shaw’s report into the welfare in detention of vulnerable people called
Do you have the skills to help SDV build our social media presence? If so, we could have just the opportunity for you. In common
Nearly four years in detention? At GE2017, it’s time for a time limit Posted May 25, 2017 | Tagged: #Time4aTimeLimit, Detention, Detention Inquiry, Dungavel, Home Office, indefinite detention
In this blogpost SDV director Kate Alexander looks at the latest detention figures: the last to be released before the General Election Figures released today reveal that
I’ll never forget . . . Posted March 29, 2017 | Tagged: Detention, Dungavel, Scottish Detainee Visitors
We asked our visitors to write a few sentences about a memorable experience they had while volunteering with SDV. We asked them to start with
Dungavel stays open . . . but there are alternatives Posted February 9, 2017 | Tagged: Detention, Detention Action, Dungavel, Home Office, Scotland
We learned on Friday 3 February that the Home Office would not be appealing Renfrewshire Council’s refusal of planning permission for its proposed Short Term
Our Life After Detention group went out with a camera, to find the alphabet in the street. Gry wrote the words. Imprints: on pavements, on
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