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

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

UK immigration authorities separating children from parents

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

Six-monthly survey reveals serious gaps in detainees’ access to legal advice and representation

BID's survey is the only data collected on the availability of legal advice and representation in immigration detention.
21 Jun 2018

Children are separated from parents in the UK just like in Trump’s America

BID director Celia Clarke shares the shocking reality of UK detention practices in the Metro.
21 Jun 2018

Job Opportunity at BID

13 Jun 2018

A day in the lives of BID clients: examples of Home Office and Tribunal decision-making

BID clients experience serious and repeated injustices at the hands of Home Office, Tribunal and IRC staff.
13 Jun 2018

Winning a deportation appeal: a good judge, on a good day

6 Jun 2018

Home Office forcing people into homelessness, say refugee charities

An article in The Herald discusses the dangerous consequences of the Home Office's "release to the streets" approach in Scotland.
3 Jun 2018

Asylum seekers unlawfully held in IRCs for months despite ruling they can be released

In response to criticism, the Home Office claims detention is "not dissimilar" to emergency housing. Read the full article here.
27 May 2018

Home Office amends removals policy in response to legal challenge

BID provided examples of the real life consequences of removals policy for people in immigration detention.
25 May 2018

Duncan Lewis Solicitors challenge R v SSHD prompts new Chapter 60 removals policy

The proceedings issued by Duncan Lewis Solicitors in November 2017 prompted the Secretary of State for Home Department's policy revision.
24 May 2018
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