“Careless and cavalier” Home Affairs Select Committee slams immigration detention

Home Affairs Select Committee slams immigration detention system and Home Office management of it as witnesses give compelling evidence.
21 Mar 2019

Hidden Histories: Yarl’s Wood and its captive women

Today on International Women’s Day, we take a look at Yarl’s Wood IRC the UK’s only facility established to detain women for immigration purposes.
8 Mar 2019

BID Pub Quiz, 21st March 6.30pm

Register now for BID’s first pub quiz of the year on the 21st March at the Blacksmith and Toffeemaker
27 Feb 2019

Former BID client and Royal Security Guard speaks with the Guardian

Read about Lyndon's detention in today's Guardian
19 Feb 2019

Meet volunteers Leila and Elena, working with BID to end immigration detention

Hear from BID volunteers Leila Chentouf and Elena Marquez on their experience challenging immigration detention in the UK.
13 Feb 2019

“In Whose Best Interests?” Event Summary

Watch clips and download the slides from "In Whose Best Interests?"our event exploring detention, deportation and separated families.
6 Feb 2019

Write to your MP and help #EndDetention

Download our template to write to your MP.
22 Jan 2019

BID's Legal Advice Survey covered by The Justice Gap

Our Autumn 2018 Legal Advice Survey was covered in an article by Jon Robins for The Justice Gap.
10 Jan 2019

Six-monthly survey reveals lack of legal representation for immigration detainees

The survey is the only data collected on the availability of legal advice and representation in immigration detention.
20 Dec 2018

2018 Annual Report Published

In 2018 BID supported more people than ever before. Read our Annual Report to hear about how we did it.
19 Dec 2018

"In Whose Best Interests?" event to be held 22 January 2019

Join us as we come together to examine the separation of families by detention and deportation and conduct the BID Annual General Meeting.
12 Dec 2018

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
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