🗣️"The question is no longer whether detention causes harm. The evidence is clear that it does. The question is what the Government is prepared to do about it." Read our joint op-ed on the HMIP report on the detention of women, @aviddetention.bsky.social @sdvisitors.bsky.social

Immigration detention is failing women – and the prison watchdog’s report leaves no room for denial

The HM Chief Inspector of Prisons' latest report confirms what women have been saying for years: immigration detention causes profound harm

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'Women who have experienced immigration detention have been telling us for years that detention deepens trauma, damages mental health, and separates them from the people they love' @4refugeewomen.bsky.social @aviddetention.bsky.social @sdvisitors.bsky.social leftfootforward.org/2026/07/immi...

Immigration detention is failing women – and the prison watchdog’s report leaves no room for denial

The HM Chief Inspector of Prisons' latest report confirms what women have been saying for years: immigration detention causes profound harm

leftfootforward.org

Important thread here on a new thematic review on women in detention from HMIP. Along with @4refugeewomen.bsky.social and @aviddetention.bsky.social we’ve long been concerned about the specific harms to women of immigration detention.

Women for Refugee Women@4refugeewomen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨 A new report by HMIP uncovers the systemic failures by the Government to protect women in immigration detention. The report found: ❌ Women’s needs were routinely overlooked ❌ Multiple and repeated safeguarding failures ❌ Harmful and retraumatising practices and much more. Read more 👇 1/🧵

We are proud to stand with our colleagues and speak out about the harm caused by the UK-France Returns Agreement. Follow the link in our bio to read our joint statement 🔗

These are dark times for organisations in the immigration sector, and like many small charities, we're finding the funding environment particularly tough. So we've launched our annual Crowdfunder a bit earlier this year, please share and support us if you can. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/emergency-15

The number of people in immigration detention in Scotland is increasing. These numbers are only half the picture as they don't include people who were previously detained in another centre.

The latest detention statistics were out yesterday . . .

Everyone in immigration detention had a story to tell, family and friends waiting for them and a life to live. Indefinite detention hurts many people. #endindefinitedetention #enddetention #therearealternatives

Knowing that someone cares and takes the time to visit #Dungavel makes a real difference to people detained there, as these quotes from people we've visited show. If you'd like to help us keep making that difference, please consider making a donation. cafdonate.cafonline.org/19178#!/Dona...

We're thrilled to have been awarded a grant by Gateway Exchange, administered by @foundationscotland.bsky.social, towards our visiting service to people in Dungavel. The grant will really help us to continue to provide practical, social & emotional support to people detained indefinitely in Scotland

This beautiful paper swan, made for us by someone we visited in Dungavel, looks great in our new office with a view of the City Chambers behind it.

It’s moving day! Today we move into our new office. We’re sharing with our lovely friends at Refuweegee, in their fab new space at 24 George Square. We’ll be unpacking and getting ourselves sorted over the next couple of days. Exciting times!

🚨Launched today! Our report, #ADecadeOfHarm, uncovers: ❌Shocking new findings about the impact of immigration detention on women seeking safety, ❌and the extremely concerning gaps between Home Office policy and practice. Find out more👇 www.refugeewomen.co.uk/decade-of-ha... 1/🧵

Women for Refugee Women : A Decade of Harm: Survivors of gender-based violence locked up in immigration detention

New research uncovers the extremely concerning gap between Home Office policy and practice in immigration detention centres.

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Here is a very short list(Starter pack) of people/researchers/ organisations to follow on @bsky.app But if you can think of someone to add, let us know or comment under this list. Looking for anyone/organisation who posts about Immigration detention in the UK. go.bsky.app/EkMTvkS

We’ve let the Government know what we think of the Border Security Bill. But we can’t do this alone. We call on all those who stand in solidarity with migrants to email their MP using our ‘write to your MP’ tool via the link in bio: buff.ly/jQ5EBNv Watch our full video explainer:

Protection not Punishment. Say no to the Border Security Bill - Migrants' Rights Network

Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (a.k.a. Border Security Bill) is going through Parliament. Ask your MP to vote against it.

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Many cells in UK detention centres are smaller than an average parking space. People are detained there by the Home Office without a time limit, often for months or years at a time, locked in that tiny space for up to 12 hours a day. This has to stop. It's time for a time limit.

Still time to apply for this exciting post!

AVIDdetention@aviddetention.bsky.social · 2y ago

We are hiring! Please share this role within your network. 📑Job Title: Senior Network Co-ordinator 👇How to apply: send us a CV and Cover letter - find out more on the role below. 🕙 Deadline for applications: End of day, 10th March 2025. #CharityJobs www.aviddetention.org.uk/article/join...

Head over to our website to read our new blog on the latest govt detention stats, out yesterday, comparing them to our own visit stats for 2024. sdv.org.uk/latest-news/...

Immigration detention in 2024: a look at Home Office and SDV statistics — Scottish Detainee Visitors

In our latest blog, SDV director Kate Alexander, takes a look at the Home Office detention statistics, released yesterday and compares them to our own visit statistics for 2024.

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What's your plan for this #InternationalWomensDay? Be among the first to watch Removed, an animation that tells the stories of many through the voice of one woman—Hope—followed by a long table discussion to be an expert and a participant! Find out more here👇 www.aviddetention.org.uk/article/avid...

AVIDs annual general meeting (AGM) and Screening of Removed (animation)

Join AVID for our annual general meeting (AGM) and premiere of Removed, a new animation which confronts viewers with what it is like to be detained. Taking place in the lead up to International Women'...

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Could you be Co-Chair for our Board of Trustees? If you're strategically minded, passionate about refugee women's rights, and keen to make a difference, we'd love to hear from you! Find out more and apply now:

Women for Refugee Women : We're looking for a Co-Chair of our Board of Trustees

We're looking for a Co-Chair for our Board of Trustees. Could this be you?

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Automatic deportation is heartless 💔 For #ValentinesDay, we asked people about the policy removing people from the UK without automatic legal advice, including those born/raised here, survivors of torture & more. How would you feel if this happened to someone you love? youtube.com/shorts/CJNmL...

Automatic Deportation is Heartless 💔

YouTube video by Bail for Immigration Detainees BID

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On Valentine's Day, we're thinking about all the people in detention not able to be with their partners. We do our best to support the people we visit in Dungavel, but it can't make up for being separated from the people they love, not knowing how long that separation will last.

Our Annual Conference just wrapped up this week, and we are leaving with fire, strategy and radical hope. As the UK doubles down on detention, we are growing stronger, bolder & more connected in our fight for freedom & dignity. 🛑 No one should be locked up for seeking safety. #ImmigrationDetention