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
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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
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
Support our work! Posted November 9, 2016 | Tagged: Detention, Dungavel, immigration, Scottish Detainee Visitors
SDV committee member, Sarah Anderson, launches our new fundraising drive I first stepped inside an immigration removal centre ten years ago. At the time I
“Control your emotions”: immigration bail hearings and the role of the cautioner Posted October 6, 2016 | Tagged: Detention, immigration bail, Release, research, Scotland
In this post, Susannah Paul and Daniel Ferguson blog about the Immigration Bail Observation Project Scotland and the new resources they have developed to assist
Edinburgh on fire Posted September 29, 2016 | Tagged: Syria
In this post, Quincy reflects on the day our Life After Detention group spent at the Edinburgh Book Festival That day, Edinburgh was on fire!
Statement on the announcement that Dungavel is to close Posted September 8, 2016 | Tagged: Detention, Detention Inquiry, Dungavel, Home Office, indefinite detention, Scottish Detainee Visitors
The Home Office announced today that Dungavel will close toward the end of 2017. It also announced plans to open a new 51 bed Short
Booked Posted August 25, 2016 | Tagged: Release, Scottish Detainee Visitors
SDV volunteer coordinator, Shirley Gillan, and members of the Life After Detention Group share some thoughts and pictures from a recent trip to the Edinburgh
Quarterly musings Posted July 27, 2016 | Tagged: Detention, Dungavel, Scottish Detainee Visitors
In this blog post, SDV director Kate Alexander reflects on what she learns from our visit reports. Every three months, I sit down and compile
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