The Nightmare before Christmas

Make a donation this Christmas and help us end the nightmare of immigration detention in the UK.
6 Dec 2018

Meet the volunteers donating their time this #GivingTuesday

We caught up with the volunteers in the office this #GivingTuesday to discuss why they donate their time to challenge immigration detention in the UK.
27 Nov 2018

BID gives evidence to Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights

5 Nov 2018

BID works with the Guardian to expose the cruelty of immigration detention

In October the Guardian launched its detention project, intended to expose the reality of immigration detention in the UK.
2 Nov 2018

“If you put your mind to it, you can achieve it"

Charlotte McLean, a BID volunteer, describes her first visit to an Immigration Removal Centre
29 Oct 2018

BID's Submission to the government’s Windrush ‘lessons learned’ review

23 Oct 2018

Submission to the government's review of the 2013 legal aid cuts

BID's assessment of the devastating impact of the 2013 legal aid cuts.
1 Oct 2018

Windrush - former BID client interviewed by Amelia Gentleman for the Guardian

Read the powerful story of a former BID client who was wrongly deported to Jamaica.
10 Sep 2018

VICE politics podcast - an interview with BID's Nick Beales on the separation of families

6 Sep 2018

Vulnerable adults in detention: BID’s full response to the second Shaw review

Stephen Shaw’s long-awaited follow-up to his 2015 report on vulnerable adults in immigration detention was published on 24th July 2018.
15 Aug 2018

The Observer newspaper: our immigration detention system is “shameful”

The newspaper’s editorial team stated that “any sense of basic justice or human compassion seems to have eluded the Home Office”.
6 Aug 2018

Inside Morton Hall Immigration Removal Centre: a first-hand account from a BID volunteer

Read about volunteer Laurie Green-Eames experience visiting Morton Hall.
1 Aug 2018

A father in detention, a baby placed in care: one example of how parents and children are separated

Read about 'A's experience of detention and separation from his child.
1 Aug 2018

Questions asked in Parliament about parents in detention

MPs have been asking questions in Parliament about the separation of children from their parents through immigration detention.
30 Jul 2018

BID's response to the government's statement on the second Shaw Review

The second Shaw Review will not bring much needed overarching changes to the UK's detention system.
25 Jul 2018

New BID research finds that vulnerable adults are still not being protected from detention

The BID's new report on adults at risk identifies serious failures in the implementation of the AAR policy.
20 Jul 2018

Job opportunity at BID: Lead Fundraiser

18 Jul 2018

High Court Order: the Home Office admits it unlawfully separated a father from his daughter

Expert evidence from BID reveals this is not a one-off case but indicative of a systemic failure.
11 Jul 2018

UK immigration authorities separating children from parents

A Guardian article describes the devastating reality for parents detained in the UK today.
3 Jul 2018

Children split from parents by immigration in UK

Sky News article explains the traumatic effects for children separated from their parents, in the UK and abroad.
3 Jul 2018
Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) is a registered Charity No. 1077187. Registered in England as a Limited Company No. 03803669. Accredited by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner Ref. No. N200100147. We are a member of the Fundraising Regulator, committed to best practice in fundraising and follow the standards for fundraising as set out in the Code of Fundraising Practice.
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