All blog posts written in 2018
The woman on the other end of the phone breaks down. She is crying too much for me to understand everything she’s saying, but I can clearly hear the words, “please, help me.” “I’m so sorry,” I tell her, “there’s nothing else we can do.” I have to say these Read more…
Diane Abbott’s proposal to close Yarl’s Wood and Brook House and end outsourcing in immigration detention provision is a welcome step forward in Labour Party policy. The announcement comes following a mass protest in Yarl’s Wood and a Panorama documentary that included undercover footage of appalling conditions in detention and abuse inflicted on detainees. Read more…
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Wednesday 21st March 2017 == CONTACT SOAS Detainee Support For more information Email: sdsmediaenquiries@gmail.com Phone: Lex 07454417517 == Yarl’s Wood detainees end hunger strike after one month; but Hunger for Freedom protests continue People detained at Yarl’s Wood started a series of hunger strikes, Read more…
Three weeks ago today, 120 people in a detention centre in Bedfordshire (which holds mainly but not only women) started a hunger strike. It gathered momentum and has escalated into an all-out strike: work strikes, occupations, and a refusal to co-operate with the mechanisms of detention from the inside. People Read more…
On Wednesday 21st February, 120 people in an immigration detention centre in Bedfordshire (which holds mainly but not only women) started a hunger strike. It gathered momentum and has escalated into an all-out strike: work strikes, occupations, and a refusal to co-operate with the mechanisms of detention from the inside. Read more…
On Wednesday 21st of February a large group of women and men held in Yarl’s Wood Immigration Detention Centre began a coordinated 3-day hunger strike. The demands have been posted on the Detained Voices website. They include: Amnesty for those who have lived in the UK 10 years and above End Read more…
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…