All posts tagged: "Dungavel"
- Detention in the era of COVID-19: what do the latest stats tell us?
In our latest blog, SDV director Kate Alexander looks at the latest official detention statistics, the first since the Covid-19 crisis began. The UK government…
- A halt in the downward trend, but not in Scotland
SDV director, Kate Alexander, takes a look at the latest Home Office detention statistics In 2019, 24,443 people entered immigration detention in the UK, according…
- What do the latest detention statistics tell us?
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
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…
- ‘Everyone should say to politicians: “put a time limit on detention”. It’s the biggest thing.’
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…
- Latest Dungavel inspection report provides more evidence that it’s #Time4aTimeLimit on immigration 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
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
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…
- Dear Amber Rudd
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…
- Nearly four years in detention? At GE2017, it’s time for a time limit
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…