Immigration detention and removal

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‘It left a scar on me’: Locked up in the UK’s women-only immigration centre

Written by: Lauren Crosby Medlicott All articles by: Lauren Crosby Medlicott

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At the UK’s detention centres, border violence and outsourcing collide

Written by: Marcel Salay All articles by: Marcel Salay

Written by: Abel Brandão All articles by: Abel Brandão

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Sunak and Braverman have learnt nothing from asylum seekers’ deaths

Written by: Nadine El-Enany All articles by: Nadine El-Enany

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Moment police officer punches protester in face during Peckham raid

Written by: Anita Mureithi All articles by: Anita Mureithi

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The ‘hostile environment’ is 10. It blighted these women’s lives

Written by: Michelle Martin All articles by: Michelle Martin

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Written by: Daniel Trilling All articles by: Daniel Trilling

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Why feminists should support the struggle for prison and police abolition

Written by: Amrit Wilson All articles by: Amrit Wilson

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“Fit to fly?” Woman awaiting spinal surgery is fit to be deported, controversial doctor tells UK Home Office

Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by: Clare Sambrook

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EXCLUSIVE: Arrests of suspected undocumented migrants soar in Sheffield, the UK’s first City of Sanctuary

Written by: John Grayson All articles by: John Grayson

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Carlington Spencer: another death in UK immigration detention

Written by: Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi All articles by: Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi

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Home Office fails Albanian child refugees

Written by: Esme Madill All articles by: Esme Madill

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The ‘Windrush generation’ and ‘illegal immigrants’ are both our kin

Written by: Luke de Noronha All articles by: Luke de Noronha

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Amber Rudd resigns, the anti-migrant machine works on

Written by: Corporate Watch All articles by: Corporate Watch

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Theresa May’s hostile immigration regime destroys another family

Written by: Mia Light All articles by: Mia Light

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How lawyers fail migrants in the UK

Written by: Mia Light All articles by: Mia Light

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The UK outsourcing experiment: playing with vulnerable lives

Written by: Kiri Kankhwende All articles by: Kiri Kankhwende

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‘How do we get out if there’s a fire?’ In Yorkshire, G4S tenants live in fear

Written by: John Grayson All articles by: John Grayson

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High Court blasts ‘outrageous’ assault by Tascor staff on torture survivor

Written by: Gareth Mitchell All articles by: Gareth Mitchell

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Fit to run a prison? G4S dodges difficult questions

Written by: Sarah Uncles All articles by: Sarah Uncles

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Theresa May’s tough line on immigration punishes British children

Written by: Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi All articles by: Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi

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‘If I’d known what to ask for, I wouldn’t have gone hungry’

Written by: Lydia Noon All articles by: Lydia Noon

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Money talks: Meet three people who want to live in the UK

Written by: Usman Sheikh All articles by: Usman Sheikh

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Refuse, retract, resist: boycott the schools census

Written by: Phoebe Braithwaite All articles by: Phoebe Braithwaite

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17 plead not guilty over Stansted deportation protest

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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Behave or get deported, says G4S

Written by: John Grayson All articles by: John Grayson

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5 reasons why we stopped a UKgov deportation flight to Nigeria last night

Written by: Nadia Graham All articles by: Nadia Graham

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Sheffield campaigner scheduled for life-threatening removal to Cameroon on Friday

Written by: Sarah Eldridge All articles by: Sarah Eldridge

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‘People come in here normal, but they get ill.’ Protesting against deaths at a UK migrant jail

Written by: John Grayson All articles by: John Grayson

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Child was held for a staggering 151 days in men’s immigration lockup Morton Hall in Lincolnshire

Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by: Clare Sambrook

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Fighting to win asylum from rape: the case of Erioth Mwesigwa

Written by: Sian Evans All articles by: Sian Evans

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Fail, fail, and have another government contract

Written by: John Grayson All articles by: John Grayson

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The end of domestic violence support for black and brown women in the UK?

Written by: Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi All articles by: Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi

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The seeds of post-Brexit racial violence lie in government policy

Written by: Jenny Bourne All articles by: Jenny Bourne

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Welcome to my asylum home. I’d offer you a seat — if I had one

Written by: John Grayson All articles by: John Grayson

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Delayed lives — the hidden misery of stateless people locked up in the UK

Written by: Chris Nash All articles by: Chris Nash

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Lost childhoods: age disputes in the UK asylum system

Written by: Kamena Dorling All articles by: Kamena Dorling

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Theresa May, this is not a ‘crisis of migration’, but a crisis of inhumanity

Written by: Simon Parker All articles by: Simon Parker

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A special gift from UK to Nigeria: promoting human rights or secrecy?

Written by: Lotte Lewis All articles by: Lotte Lewis

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Rats in the yard: 4 years of UK asylum housing by G4S

Written by: John Grayson All articles by: John Grayson

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Do your parenting by Skype, UK tells fathers being deported to Jamaica

Written by: Mia Light All articles by: Mia Light

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Rough handling and restraint: UK forced removals still a nasty business

Written by: Lotte Lewis All articles by: Lotte Lewis

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Theresa May's dangerous record on immigration

Written by: Usman Sheikh All articles by: Usman Sheikh

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G4S: Don't blame us — blame the prison system

Written by: Rebecca Roberts All articles by: Rebecca Roberts

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British security company G4S confirms that Florida shooter is one of their own

Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by: Clare Sambrook

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Ghosted away: UK’s secret removal flights examined

Written by: Lotte Lewis All articles by: Lotte Lewis

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Inquest jury finds failures in detainee healthcare

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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Cancelled brain scan could have saved UK immigration detainee

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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Private healthcare company Care UK cancelled immigration detainee’s brain scan

Written by: Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi All articles by: Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi

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G4S promises (again) to repaint asylum seeker red doors and relocate families at risk

Written by: John Grayson All articles by: John Grayson

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Doubts over cause of death of man, 25, at remote UK immigration lockup

Written by: Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi All articles by: Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi

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Medicines untaken, appointments missed by young man who died at immigration lockup

Written by: Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi All articles by: Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi

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Asylum seekers with red doors are still being targeted by racists

Written by: John Grayson All articles by: John Grayson

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Locked up, pushed out. Shaida’s welcome to Britain

Written by: Lucy Alper All articles by: Lucy Alper

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The UK government’s inversion of accountability

Written by: Frances Webber All articles by: Frances Webber

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Bed bugs and freight sheds: Britain’s welcome to asylum seekers

Written by: John Grayson All articles by: John Grayson

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Children in trouble: punishment or welfare?

Written by: Malcolm Stevens All articles by: Malcolm Stevens

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Red doors for asylum seekers: MPs grill one of Britain’s richest landlords

Written by: John Grayson All articles by: John Grayson

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Marked out for attack: living in the UK 'asylum market'

Written by: Stuart Crosthwaite All articles by: Stuart Crosthwaite

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Red doors made asylum seekers targets for abuse. Deliberate?

Written by: John Grayson All articles by: John Grayson

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Black deaths: still fighting for justice in the UK

Written by: Amrit Wilson All articles by: Amrit Wilson

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The report which could destroy Britain’s immigration prisons

Written by: Ian Dunt All articles by: Ian Dunt

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Rich migrant, poor migrant

Written by: Louis MacWilliam All articles by: Louis MacWilliam

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Hundreds of children are disappearing from local authority care

Written by: Maeve McClenaghan All articles by: Maeve McClenaghan

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Children in peril in London

Written by: Alison Whyte All articles by: Alison Whyte

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G4S disputes claims that transgender asylum-seeker had to share bedroom with man

Written by: John Grayson All articles by: John Grayson

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People tied up ‘like animals’ on UK deportation flights

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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Disaster capitalism, and the outsourcing of violence in the UK

Written by: Antony Loewenstein All articles by: Antony Loewenstein

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Frail 84 year old subjected to ‘inhuman and degrading treatment’, prison ombudsman says

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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90% of immigration detainees visiting hospital were handcuffed, inquest hears

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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London doctor: ‘We receive a lot of patients from detention centres. Quite often they’re cuffed.’

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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‘We, former detainees, demand the closure of Dungavel immigration removal centre’

Written by: Dungavel IRC All articles by: Dungavel IRC

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Dying detainee, 84, taken to hospital, handcuffed to a chain. Dvorzak inquest. Day 5

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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Security company tried to overrule medic’s concerns about Alois Dvorzak, inquest told. Day 4

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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Dying 84 year old taken to hospital in handcuffs. Twice. Alois Dvorzak inquest. Day 3.

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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Alois Dvorzak inquest: Doctor repeatedly warned that 84 year old was not fit to be detained

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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Alois Dvorzak inquest: death of vulnerable and confused 84 year old detained by UK Border Force

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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Shine A Light writer Jenny McCall wins Anti-Slavery Day media award

Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by: Clare Sambrook

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Satisfactory? The UK immigration lock-up that Samaritans dare not visit

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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When did inconvenience kill compassion? Thoughts on Calais

Written by: Lucy Kralj All articles by: Lucy Kralj

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So many reasons why turning landlords into immigration officials is a bad idea

Written by: Usman Sheikh All articles by: Usman Sheikh

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Dozens of fathers among migrants to be forcibly deported tonight

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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Barbara, tagged and monitored like a criminal

Written by: John Grayson All articles by: John Grayson

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Exploding the myth of ‘payment by results’

Written by: Andrew Neilson All articles by: Andrew Neilson

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Toddlers, rats, asbestos. G4S, asylum seekers’ landlord

Written by: John Grayson All articles by: John Grayson

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Britain moves to deport Tamil torture survivor

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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On the movement to shut down Yarl’s Wood

Written by: Rowan Kinchin All articles by: Rowan Kinchin

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Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi, openDemocracy writer, shortlisted for Orwell Prize

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How to survive in prison

Written by: Carl Cattermole All articles by: Carl Cattermole

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openDemocracy writers longlisted for Orwell Prize

Written by: ourKingdom editors All articles by: ourKingdom editors

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Dying for Justice: black and minority ethnic deaths in custody

Written by: Jenny Bourne All articles by: Jenny Bourne

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Just how badly does the UK protect victims of trafficking?

Written by: Jenny McCall All articles by: Jenny McCall

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Meet the UK’s latest weapon against organised crime and asylum seekers

Written by: John Grayson All articles by: John Grayson

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UK activists prevent deportation of Afghan migrants

Written by: Michael Segalov All articles by: Michael Segalov

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Yarl’s Wood: legal black hole

Written by: Sarah Campbell All articles by: Sarah Campbell

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One bath for 12 women and 11 babies: UK asylum housing by G4S

Written by: John Grayson All articles by: John Grayson

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UK immigration detention: the truth is out

Written by: Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi All articles by: Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi

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Death at Yarl’s Wood: Women in mourning, women in fear

Written by: Jennifer Allsopp All articles by: Jennifer Allsopp

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'Headbutt the bitch' Serco guard, Yarl’s Wood, a UK immigration detention centre

Written by: Jackie Long All articles by: Jackie Long

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Super-rich boss vs abused maid: whose side are we on?

Written by: Hugh Davies All articles by: Hugh Davies

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A green and pleasant land? The trauma of the British asylum system

Written by: Saphora Smith All articles by: Saphora Smith

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Child locked up ‘by mistake’ for 62 days at adult immigration jail

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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Capita death: Ombudsman exposed problems that Coroner failed to address, family says

Written by: Kath Grant All articles by: Kath Grant

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Coroner finds Capita detainee died of natural causes at Manchester immigration lock-up

Written by: Rhetta Moran All articles by: Rhetta Moran

Written by: Kath Grant All articles by: Kath Grant

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Medical procedures changed after detainee’s death at Capita immigration lock-up

Written by: Rhetta Moran All articles by: Rhetta Moran

Written by: Kath Grant All articles by: Kath Grant

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Capita guard: “The course did not tell me what to do if someone is not breathing”

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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Justice blindfolded? The case of Jimmy Mubenga

Written by: Frances Webber All articles by: Frances Webber

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The racist texts. What the Mubenga trial jury was not told

Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by: Clare Sambrook

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Parliamentary watchdog: too often private sector contractors' ethical standards found wanting

Written by: Margaret Hodge All articles by: Margaret Hodge

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Allegations of assault by guards at a UK detention centre

Written by: Yasmin Gunaratnam All articles by: Yasmin Gunaratnam

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Neglect and indifference kill American man in UK immigration detention

Written by: Harmit Athwal All articles by: Harmit Athwal

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Destitution, intimidation . . . How Britain shirks its obligations to asylum-seekers

Written by: John Grayson All articles by: John Grayson

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Extraordinary things: visiting the women at Yarl’s Wood detention centre

Written by: Eiri Ohtani All articles by: Eiri Ohtani

Written by: Heather Jones All articles by: Heather Jones

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#‎DontLetThemDrown‬ (It’s all right for some, at sea)

Written by: Alison Whyte All articles by: Alison Whyte

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'It's ok to live in poverty, it's ok to be hungry'

Written by: Theo Hessing All articles by: Theo Hessing

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The national shame that is healthcare in UK immigration detention

Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by: Clare Sambrook

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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Immigration detention in the media: anarchy and ambivalence

Written by: Melanie Griffiths All articles by: Melanie Griffiths

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Homeless, abused, bereaved: when a child needs a lawyer

Written by: Mary-Rachel McCabe All articles by: Mary-Rachel McCabe

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Detained at the UK border: mould, cat calls and barbed wire

Written by: Ali McGinley All articles by: Ali McGinley

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A crisis of harm in immigration detention

Written by: Jerome Phelps All articles by: Jerome Phelps

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How children’s charity Barnardo’s locks up kids with Guantánamo contractor G4S

Written by: Tom Sanderson All articles by: Tom Sanderson

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Investigating Mitie, the market leader in UK immigration detention

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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UK government accused of unlawful deportation of Buddhist monk

Written by: Marishka van Steenbergen All articles by: Marishka van Steenbergen

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Leaky ceilings and racist abuse: asylum housing in Scotland

Written by: Graham O'Neill All articles by: Graham O'Neill

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Fresh fears for Buddhist monk under threat of deportation from the UK

Written by: Marishka van Steenbergen All articles by: Marishka van Steenbergen

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UK’s deportation of Buddhist monk delayed

Written by: Marishka van Steenbergen All articles by: Marishka van Steenbergen

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Nice work: G4S wins $118 million Guantánamo contract

Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by: Clare Sambrook

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An inconsistent story doesn't mean you're lying: on psychology and the asylum process

Written by: Clare Cochrane All articles by: Clare Cochrane

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Love is not all you need, says Court of Appeal: can you afford to love a migrant?

Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by: Clare Sambrook

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Today MPs vote to end slavery - tomorrow they vote to continue it

Written by: Ian Dunt All articles by: Ian Dunt

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Dalrymple verdict: NEGLECT contributed to death of American tourist in UK immigration jail

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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Medical care in UK detention centre a 'lamentable failure': Brian Dalrymple inquest report

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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Serco on the stand: Death of a US tourist in UK immigration detention

Written by: Phil Miller All articles by: Phil Miller

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A call to action in memory of the woman I never knew

Written by: Eiri Ohtani All articles by: Eiri Ohtani

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Activists call upon Angelina Jolie to meet rape survivors in a UK detention centre

Written by: Cristel Amiss and Sian Evans All articles by: Cristel Amiss and Sian Evans

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Lessons from Australia: talking about privatised immigration detention

Written by: Bart Denaro All articles by: Bart Denaro

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Migrant boys, all alone in the UK

Written by: Helen Taylor All articles by: Helen Taylor

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Barnardo's and G4S, partners in the child detention business

Written by: Frances Webber All articles by: Frances Webber

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'Neither criminals, nor animals!' A week of unrest in Britain's migrant jails

Written by: Jasmine Sallis All articles by: Jasmine Sallis

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One life in investigative journalism

Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by: Clare Sambrook

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Hard lives: migrant children and the British state

Written by: Helen Taylor All articles by: Helen Taylor

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Why the Jimmy Mubenga trial matters. By ex-Chief Inspector of Prisons Lord Ramsbotham

Written by: David Ramsbotham All articles by: David Ramsbotham

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The nasty country? Debating immigration in the UK

Written by: Roger Roberts All articles by: Roger Roberts

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The latest allegations against the Home Office are as serious as they are absurd

Written by: Wayne Myslik All articles by: Wayne Myslik

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The spread of social blindness: migrants & the immigration Bill

Written by: Dexter Dias All articles by: Dexter Dias

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I believe the word you want is 'rape'

Written by: Wasi Daniju All articles by: Wasi Daniju

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Welcome to Britain. Go Home. And have a pleasant journey

Written by: Les Back and Shamser Sinha All articles by: Les Back and Shamser Sinha

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Wasted lives in UK immigration detention

Written by: Imogen Tyler All articles by: Imogen Tyler

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UK government deports sexual assault witnesses

Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by: Clare Sambrook

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Another death in UK immigration detention

Written by: Ali McGinley All articles by: Ali McGinley

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Justice in the UK: back to the 1930s?

Written by: Kate Blagojevic All articles by: Kate Blagojevic

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Lord Ramsbotham attacks 'perverse' decision not to prosecute G4S over Mubenga death

Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by: Clare Sambrook

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When you've been tortured does it matter who your torturer was?

Written by: David Rhys Jones All articles by: David Rhys Jones

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Boy locked up for months in adult immigration jail

Written by: Tom Sanderson All articles by: Tom Sanderson

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Miscarriage, stillbirth, psychosis. Pregnant in UK immigration detention

Written by: Natasha Tsangarides All articles by: Natasha Tsangarides

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Needless heartbreak: new UK rules on family migration

Written by: Don Flynn All articles by: Don Flynn

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UK Immigration Courts: fresh observations from the Public Gallery

Written by: Bill MacKeith All articles by: Bill MacKeith

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What stops the UK protecting victims of trafficking?

Written by: David Rhys Jones All articles by: David Rhys Jones

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UK immigration control: children in extreme distress

Written by: Sarah Campbell All articles by: Sarah Campbell

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Is there an alternative to locking up migrants in the UK?

Written by: Jerome Phelps All articles by: Jerome Phelps

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openDemocracy writer longlisted for Orwell Prize

Written by: ourKingdom editors All articles by: ourKingdom editors

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Another G4S scandal: UK's privatised asylum housing market is falling apart

Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by: Clare Sambrook

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Their secret is out, but for G4S and friends ‘abject disregard' for human dignity persists

Written by: John Grayson All articles by: John Grayson

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Is she a victim or an illegal immigrant? The UK Border Agency decides

Written by: David Rhys Jones All articles by: David Rhys Jones

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Healthcare failings persist in UK immigration detention

Written by: Nayanah Siva All articles by: Nayanah Siva

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Deportation: an increasingly 'foreign' Britain at war with itself

Written by: Usman Sheikh All articles by: Usman Sheikh

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Inspectors condemn UK’s detention of torture survivors and victims of trafficking

Written by: David Rhys Jones All articles by: David Rhys Jones

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Britain has become an open prison to migrants

Written by: Usman Sheikh All articles by: Usman Sheikh

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Public protest supports women's uprising in UK detention centre

Written by: Lorna Gledhill All articles by: Lorna Gledhill

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G4S uses ‘unacceptable’ force on pregnant detainee at UK family detention centre

Written by: Tom Sanderson All articles by: Tom Sanderson

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Coalition promise in tatters as Home Office 'independent' panel wants more children detained

Written by: Tom Sanderson All articles by: Tom Sanderson

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Detention is the essence of immigration control

Written by: Don Flynn All articles by: Don Flynn

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What can be done to prevent further injury and death in the UK Border Agency’s care?

Written by: Emma Mlotshwa All articles by: Emma Mlotshwa

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'Migrant Hope' versus political distrust in the UK

Written by: Jennifer Allsopp All articles by: Jennifer Allsopp

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The UK Border Agency's long, punitive campaign against children (helped by G4S and Serco)

Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by: Clare Sambrook

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G4S teaches UK Border Agency how to care for children

Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by: Clare Sambrook

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Life in limbo for UK’s irregular migrant children and families

Written by: Nando Sigona All articles by: Nando Sigona

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Controversial doctor and Barnardo’s serve UK’s flawed child detention policy

Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by: Clare Sambrook

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How many children secretly deported under UK Border Agency’s Gentleman’s Agreement?

Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by: Clare Sambrook

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Routine neglect by UK government-contracted doctors brings torture victims fresh trauma

Written by: Frank Arnold All articles by: Frank Arnold

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Nice Brits wouldn’t lock up children who ask for help, would they?

Written by: Stephanie Donald All articles by: Stephanie Donald

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Your asylum procedure is too fast and not fair, UNHCR tells UK government

Written by: Roland Schilling All articles by: Roland Schilling

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A child, a bleeding anus, interrogation by the UK Border Agency

Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by: Clare Sambrook

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Illuminating the UK’s lethal detention and deportation conditions

Written by: Tom Sanderson All articles by: Tom Sanderson

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Child detention goes on and on in the UK

Written by: Simon Parker All articles by: Simon Parker

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Official lying in the UK: what child detention reveals about how we are governed

Written by: Anthony Barnett All articles by: Anthony Barnett

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"Just Go!” A final slap for the unwanted: Britain’s deportation shame

Written by: SOAS Detainee All articles by: SOAS Detainee

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Sadly, Jimmy Mubenga's death has not changed deportation practices in the UK

Written by: Emma Ginn All articles by: Emma Ginn

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In Nick Clegg’s fantasy world, child detention in the UK has ended

Written by: Esmé Madill All articles by: Esmé Madill

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Selling the state: the 'unethical' companies taking over UK public services

Written by: Tom Sanderson All articles by: Tom Sanderson

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Man’s inhumanity to man: why and how the UK asylum system must change

Written by: Tindyebwa Agaba All articles by: Tindyebwa Agaba

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Hard-hitting play on asylum system is a favourite of the Edinburgh Fringe

Written by: Simon Parker All articles by: Simon Parker

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'Barnardo’s! Please quit the child detention business'

Written by: Alida Alisis All articles by: Alida Alisis

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Theatre of Inhumanity: a damning portrayal of the UK asylum system

Written by: Liz Allcock All articles by: Liz Allcock

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UK asylum: Fit for Purpose?

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When they said ‘We will end child detention,’ they meant ‘Keep on arresting babies’

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Let’s make sure they really do end child detention now

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Gordon Brown on child detention

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Election time: asylum seekers lose their last safety net

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