120 women detained in Yarl’s Wood detention centre are on hunger strike! Read their statement here, spread the message and show solidarity with these powerful actions. Take photos of yourself holding signs of support (see twitter for inspiration), share this post, and tweet and share using the hashtag #HungerForFreedom
Members of SOAS Detainee Support will be speaking at this event, as part of Israeli Apartheid Week at KCL. Thursday 1st March, 6pm at Kings College London. Facebook event here. Organised by KCL Action Palestine and Demilitarise KingsWhat are the connections between the detention and deportations of asylum-seekers in the UK and the administrative Read more…
Most of Schedule 10 of the Immigration Act 2016 were brought into force this week. Here’s 8 reason to hate them.* 1) The word Bail has lost its meaning Bail used to be the process people can apply to get out of prison or detention. No longer. Anybody ‘liable to be detained’ can Read more…
In November SOAS Detainee Support joined NELMA, HASL, Migrants Rights Network and other solidarity groups outside the Royal Courts of Justice in support of a judicial review to challenge the Home Office policy of targeting homeless EEA nationals for immigration control. The legal challenge was taken by the Public Interest Read more…
The recent testimonies describing abuse within Movement for Justice came as a shock to many organising groups. SDS, like many others, has had to consider at length how best to respond and proceed when events like this unfold. In light of the organisation’s response to allegations of abuse, and events Read more…
Tuesday 21st November, 9am-12pmOutside the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, WC2A 2LL In May 2016 the Home Office introduced new guidance stating that rough sleeping was an ‘abuse’ (later qualified as ‘misuse’) of EU citizens’ right of freedom of movement. The guidance means rough sleepers can now be ‘administratively removed’ (effectively, deported) Read more…
On 19th October a former member of Movement for Justice released a testimony disclosing harassment, abuse and control committed by the organisation. This was followed by further testimonies of a similar nature from other people who have been involved in MfJ. These were disclosed on the Facebook page and on Read more…
In just over two weeks, the SDS crowdfunder has raised £5,540 – what is there to say other than a huge THANK YOU! This amount takes us to almost 80% of our £7,000 target, and has come from 143 individual donations. Lots has happened in the past two weeks: We were devastated Read more…
**CW: SUICIDE, DEATH, STATE VIOLENCE** 28-year old Polish immigration detainee dies after serious suicide attempt at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre this week. In the same week that BBC’s Panorama revealed the systemic violence and abuse of immigration removal centres in the UK, a suicide has taken place in Harmondsworth Immigration Read more…
I just watched a harrowing episode of BBC Panorama that showed undercover footage from inside Brook House immigration detention centre, filmed by whistle-blower and reporter Callum Tulley. For those of us who have worked with people in detention even for a little while, the stories were both familiar and shocking. The documentary did Read more…