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  Clare wins again! 'Investigative Comment' and the future of journalism on the web

  Written by: Anthony Barnett All articles by Anthony Barnett

  The principles behind Clare Sambrook's double prize winning reports and why openDemocracy is happy to publish them.

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  Triple vulnerability: the lives of Britain's undocumented migrant children

  Written by: Nando Sigona All articles by Nando Sigona

  Undocumented migrant children in the UK stand at the crossroads of different and conflicting policy agendas. The...

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  UK government's slippery response on the "moral outrage" of child detention

  Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by Clare Sambrook

  On November 5, the campaign published a detailed rebuttal of the UK government’s recent statement on child detention

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  Meet G4S, Government’s untouchable friend

  Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by Clare Sambrook

  The death of an Angolan man on a deportation flight from the UK highlights the increasingly brutal and unaccountable...

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  "A lifer is better than a detainee"

  Written by: Jerome Phelps All articles by Jerome Phelps

  Immigration detention is a clear example of the gap between toughness and effectiveness. It's not too late for the...

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  State-sponsored cruelty

  Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by Clare Sambrook

  The Liberal Democrats must fight to salvage their promise to end the detention of children for immigration purposes...

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  Sunday was not the only bloody day: pricing justice in the UK

  Written by: Geoffrey Bindman All articles by Geoffrey Bindman

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  Rethinking asylum

  Written by: Colin Firth All articles by Colin Firth

  As the Coalition government considers how the UK treats those who seek sanctuary within its borders, Colin Firth...

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  Defend Legal Aid - Demo this Friday

  Written by: ourKingdom editors All articles by ourKingdom editors

  A Message from Refugee and Migrant Justice:

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  Let’s end child detention at the Release Carnival, London, Saturday 5 June

  Written by: Mia Eskelund All articles by Mia Eskelund

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  Mother and child detained and deported

  Written by: Robina Qureshi All articles by Robina Qureshi

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

  Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by Clare Sambrook

  Children are still being detained in the UK immigration system.

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  Samaranch, Kissinger and the Coca Cola company: a relentless fascist’s curious date with democracy

  Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by Clare Sambrook

  Clare Sambrook recalls the day Juan Antonio Samaranch, the leader of the 'Olympic Movement' who died last month,...

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

  Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by Clare Sambrook

  If they mean the immediate closure of Yarl's Wood, that should be a cause for great rejoicing. This is why we must...

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  Citizens UK hosts the party leaders

  Written by: Guy Aitchison All articles by Guy Aitchison

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  Gordon Brown on child detention

  Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by Clare Sambrook

  An exchange between the Prime Minister and campaigners on the question of child detention

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  Election time: asylum seekers lose their last safety net

  Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by Clare Sambrook

  When terrified men, women and children are being shunted off to countries where they face real and imminent risk of...

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  Surveillance + detention = £Billions: How Labour’s friends are ‘securing your world’

  Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by Clare Sambrook

  The rapid rise of the security industry with its close links to government has disturbing implications for our freedom.

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  Has Meg Hillier gone mad?

  Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by Clare Sambrook

  The Home Office minister is in la la land over child detention.

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  Take one traumatised child, classify as 'adult', arrest, lock up, and bundle onto plane, bound for danger - Labour's Britain in 2010

  Written by: Clare Sambrook All articles by Clare Sambrook

  A shameful case of the imprisonment and deportation of a minor by the UK Borders Agency.