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BID: unlawful detention cases
A number of cases of former BID clients, which had been referred for unlawful detention claims in the Administrative Court reached judgment. In all three cases...
Child asylum seekers win compensation for 13-month detention
The Ay family, Kurdish refugees from Turkey, win six-figure payout from the Home Office eight years after childhood ordeal Four children who were incarcerated...
Immigration appeal fees coming soon
by freemovement on 14 December 2011 As previously highlighted on this blog, fees are to be introduced for immigration appeals. The date has now been set for...
Reports: too many pregnant women in detention +
Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, has published a new report on an inspection of Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre in Bedfordshire. (download...
G4S, Serco and Reliance shortlisted to manage housing for asylum seekers
On 12 December 2012, the UK Border Agency announced the ‘preferred bidders’ to provide accommodation and transport for people seeking sanctuary in the UK. Three...
QARN: Statement on Indefinite Detention of migrants and people seeking asylum
On Human Rights day 10 December 2011: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Day2011/Pages/HRD2011.aspx As Quakers we believe that there is that of God in everyone....
Official lying in the UK: what child detention reveals about how we are governed
My report sets out government’s persistent undermining of medical evidence that children are harmed by immigration detention. Regarding a case of alleged child...
Introducing fee charges for appeals in the Immigration and Asylum Chambers of the First-tier Tribunal
The purpose of this letter is to inform you about the Government’s intention to introduce appeal fee charges for some asylum and immigration appeals on 19 December...
NCADC information
Xenophobia in UK Politics The debates about lost cases, strong borders and foreign criminals seem to overlook that immigrants are human. We had considered writing...
Detention of man suffering from mental illness – and more
In this bulletin: 1. High Court severely critical of detention of man suffering from mental illness at Harmmondsworth 2. S – UKBA subjected mentally...
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Vulnerable Children will lose access to justice with cuts to legal aid
If you believe in access to justice, please join the campaign and take action now. For more information on what you can do, go to: Save Legal Aid, Justice For...
G4S, Serco and Reliance shortlisted to manage housing for asylum seekers
On 12 December 2012, the UK Border Agency announced the ‘preferred bidders’ to provide accommodation and transport for people seeking sanctuary in the UK. Three...
QARN: Statement about destitution
Why many asylum seekers are destitute: Minimal support – and none For those seeking asylum the money allowance historically has been set at 70 per...
Proposal for an inspection of the UKBA’s administration of the asylum support system
From: Mike Kaye, Still Human Still Here, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA Att: Inspection Plan Consultation, To: Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border...
Glasgow: POSITIVE ACTION IN HOUSING WINTER APPEAL 2011
CRISIS PAYMENTS, FOOD, WINTER NIGHT SHELTER, SURVIVAL PACKS AND WARM CHILDRENS CLOTHING FOR DESTITUTE (OR POTENTIALLY DESTITUTE) ASYLUM SEEKERS & THEIR DEPENDENTS...
What do we do? Network members own experiences
QARN members are all Quakers, some are members and others are attenders. We have wide experience that we bring to the Network, and have identified the following...
Sample letter: Transparency of UK BA decision-making regarding detention
Dear MP, Transparency of UK...
Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency is inviting stakeholders’ views
The Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency is inviting stakeholders’ views on development of his inspection plan for 2012-13. Views should...
What are Quakers doing?
Quakers are involved in many ways to address concerns relating to the asylum process, and in a variety of different ways to welcome and bring some relief to those...
No plans to adopt a maximum time limit for immigration detention
Damian Green says in a letter replying to a question put to an MP: ‘There are no plans to adopt a maximum time limit for immigration detention. This would...
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Landing in Dover – Office of Children’s Commissioner
Executive summary 0.1 This report follows on from the Children’s Commissioner’s earlier report Landing in Kent.3 It focuses on immigration procedures to which unaccompanied children arriving in Kent are subject between their first encounter with the authorities and the time they are placed in the care of Kent County Council children’s social care... [Read more of this review]
Reports: too many pregnant women in detention +
Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, has published a new report on an inspection of Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre in Bedfordshire. (download the full report here, pdf) The report found that: ‘Too many pregnant women, who should only have been held in exceptional circumstances, were detained in the centre.’ (p6) [Read... [Read more of this review]
Bail for immigrants: a presumption of liberty?
Immigrants in Britain may be detained indefinitely in removal detention centres. Some are held for months, others for years. Bridget Walker welcomes the government’s bail guidance for judges, but asks whether it will make any difference [Read more of this review] Read More →
Vulnerable Children will lose access to justice with cuts to legal aid
If you believe in access to justice, please join the campaign and take action now. For more information on what you can do, go to: Save Legal Aid, Justice For All and Sound Off for Justice. On 13th December, the rights of children were centre stage at a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid in Westminster. Speakers including... [Read more of this review]
QARN: Statement about destitution
Why many asylum seekers are destitute: Minimal support – and none For those seeking asylum the money allowance historically has been set at 70 per cent of normal income support. Most people now receive less, and at the best an asylum seeker receiving financial support will be living on £5 per day.[i] Asylum seekers whose claim has been... [Read more of this review]
Proposal for an inspection of the UKBA’s administration of the asylum support system
From: Mike Kaye, Still Human Still Here, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA Att: Inspection Plan Consultation, To: Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency, 5th Floor, Globe House, 89 Eccleston Square, London, SW1V 1PN 25 November 2012 RE: Proposal for an inspection of the UKBA’s administration of the asylum support system Dear Chief... [Read more of this review]
A thematic inspection of how the UK Border Agency manages foreign national prisoners
Executive Summary 1.The UK Border Agency is responsible for deciding, in accordance with the law, whether foreign national prisoners should be deported from the UK. Where deportation is being considered, it also decides whether a person should be detained at the end of their prison sentence or released into the community with a requirement to report... [Read more of this review]
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