Reports / October 14, 2019

Detention Action response to DSO on mental capacity/disability in immigration detention

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Reports / October 14, 2018

Detention Action submissions to the Home Affairs Select Committee

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Reports / November 20, 2017

Trafficked into Detention

How victims of trafficking are missed in detention

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Reports / September 20, 2016

Without Detention

The UK has one of the largest detention estates in Europe. There are opportunities for alternatives.

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Reports / April 14, 2015

Detention Action submissions to the Shaw Review – April 2015

Detention Action’s evidence to Stephen Shaw’s first review of the welfare of vulnerable people in detention.

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Reports / October 3, 2014

The State of Detention

Immigration detention in the UK in 2014

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Reports / January 21, 2014

The Point of No Return

The futile detention of unreturnable migrants

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Reports / September 6, 2013

Indefinite detention and deportation to Somalia

Hundreds of people from Somalia have been indefinitely detained under immigration powers in the UK.

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Reports / March 6, 2013

The financial waste of long-term detention

The UK Border Agency (UKBA) is wasting £75 million per year by detaining migrants who are ultimately released.

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Reports / September 6, 2012

An economic analysis of alternatives to long-term detention

Determining the cost savings associated with the timely release of migrants pending removal who are currently detained for long periods only to be released back into the community.

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