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

BID's Refugee Week Pub Quiz 2018

Help us raise awareness and money for our important work!
23 May 2018

The London Legal Walk 2018

Sponsor our team as they complete a 10 km walk through central London!
21 May 2018

Human Rights Committee inquiry into the Windrush generation

17 May 2018

First Experiences as a BID Volunteer

BID volunteer Jessye Corcoran Dodds describes her emotional visit to Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre.
16 May 2018

The Lawyer Awards 2018: the pro bono finalists

BID and Allen & Overy made this year's shortlist for their Supreme Court challenge to the governments 'deport first, appeal later' policy.
9 May 2018

Rogue solicitors exploiting vulnerable migrants by charging thousands for 'substandard' service

The recent High Court ruling reveals that malpractice may have disqualified legitimate bail cases.
8 May 2018

Brook House: Use of force against immigration detainees more than doubles in a year, watchdog finds

3 May 2018

Job Opportunities at BID

2 May 2018

New bail guidance for judges in the First-tier tribunal issued today

2 May 2018

Revealed: The Lawyer Awards shortlist 2018

28 Apr 2018

Outsourcing Incarceration: Privitisation in Britain’s Immigration Detention Estate

27 Apr 2018
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