Immigration detention and removal in the UK
"We were sleeping and the officer came. It was scary and Mum was crying."
"I didn’t think it was real, not real life."
"They were bashing and kicking the door."
“It’s not nice going to the toilet in front of an officer."
"They broke our house."
Starting in 2009, the End Child Detention Now campaign began to illuminate the UK’s appalling policy of arresting and detaining children in conditions known to harm them. The campaign's journalism grew into Shine A Light.
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Published in: Shine A LightHome Office fails Albanian child refugees -
Published in: Shine A LightHow lawyers fail migrants in the UK -
Published in: Shine A LightBehave or get deported, says G4S -
Published in: Shine A LightTheresa May's dangerous record on immigration -
Published in: Shine A LightG4S: Don't blame us — blame the prison system -
Published in: Shine A LightThe UK government’s inversion of accountability -
Published in: Shine A LightChildren in trouble: punishment or welfare? -
Published in: Shine A LightRich migrant, poor migrant -
Published in: Shine A LightChildren in peril in London -
Published in: Shine A LightBarbara, tagged and monitored like a criminal
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Published in: Shine A LightExploding the myth of ‘payment by results’ -
Published in: Shine A LightBritain moves to deport Tamil torture survivor -
Published in: Shine A LightOn the movement to shut down Yarl’s Wood -
Published in: Shine A LightHow to survive in prison -
Published in: Shine A LightYarl’s Wood: legal black hole
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Published in: Shine A LightUK immigration detention: the truth is out -
Published in: Shine A LightJustice blindfolded? The case of Jimmy Mubenga -
Published in: Shine A LightA crisis of harm in immigration detention -
Published in: Shine A LightUK’s deportation of Buddhist monk delayed
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Published in: Shine A LightMigrant boys, all alone in the UK
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Published in: Shine A LightOne life in investigative journalism -
Published in: Shine A LightI believe the word you want is 'rape' -
Published in: Shine A LightWasted lives in UK immigration detention -
Published in: Shine A LightUK government deports sexual assault witnesses -
Published in: Shine A LightAnother death in UK immigration detention
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Published in: Shine A LightJustice in the UK: back to the 1930s?
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Published in: Shine A LightBritain has become an open prison to migrants -
Published in: Shine A LightDetention is the essence of immigration control
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Published in: Shine A LightChild detention goes on and on in the UK
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Published in: Shine A LightUK asylum: Fit for Purpose?
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Published in: Shine A LightFast track to despair
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Published in: Shine A LightJustice for asylum seekers in the UK?
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Published in: Shine A Light“We weren’t born asylum seekers”
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Published in: Shine A LightMeet G4S, Government’s untouchable friend
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Published in: Shine A Light"A lifer is better than a detainee"
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Published in: Shine A LightState-sponsored cruelty
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Published in: Shine A LightRethinking asylum -
Published in: Shine A LightMother and child detained and deported
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Published in: Shine A LightCitizens UK hosts the party leaders
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Published in: Shine A LightGordon Brown on child detention
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Published in: Shine A LightHas Meg Hillier gone mad?
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Published in: Shine A LightRoll calls, body searches and sex games
