Detention
Our posts about immigration bail
- Secondary legislation regulating immigration detention including detention reviews and reporting duties on detention centre GPs
- Main Home Office detention policy
- Starting point for securing the release of a vulnerable detainee
- Regularly updated information about timescale for Emergency Travel Documents
- Regulations about the use of Rule 40 and 42 to segregate detainees
Key posts on detention
Our posts on the Hardial Singh principles
- High Court bail for vulnerable detainee
- What are the Hardial Singh principles on immigration detention?
- Mixed messages on delays during detention from the High Court
- Home Office can detain migrants for up to five weeks after law requires that they be released
- Supreme Court finds detention of asylum seekers unlawful
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- BID's comprehensive guide to applying for immigration bail
- Information and specific guidance for individuals held in prison under immigration powers
- If a bail application succeeds you may need help working out what to do next
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Brook House: racist, violent and dangerous
Staff working at Brook House immigration removal centre were verbally and physically abusive towards the people who were detained, including the use of extremely racist language. There were 19 incidents of inhuman and degrading treatment of people at ...
20th September 2023Scottish inquiry finds immigration detention centre death was avoidable
A Scottish Fatal Accident Inquiry has held that a number of defects in the system of working in Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre led to the death of a 54-year old Chinese man which could have reasonably been avoided. A Fatal Accident Inquiry, simil ...
15th June 2023The latest policy on reporting conditions
In January this year, the Home Office updated its guidance on reporting conditions, again. Version 6 was published on 19 January 2023, replacing version 5 which was in place for less than six months, from 30 June 2022. Version 5 Version 5 was very muc ...
23rd May 2023Detention provisions in the Illegal Migration Bill
As the House of Common’s second reading of the Illegal Migration Bill takes place today, this post looks at the detention provisions in clauses 11-14 and what they mean for individuals arriving in the UK. You can read Colin’s analysis of the Bill ...
13th March 2023Legal challenges against GPS tagging for people on immigration bail
This post provides an update on legal challenges to the Home Office’s policy and practice of requiring people on immigration bail to wear Global Positioning System (GPS) devices. You can read more about the policy and the legal framework here and he ...
10th March 2023Adults at risk in immigration detention annual report scrapped after highlighting inadequacies
Yesterday, the third annual inspection from the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) of ‘Adults at risk in immigration detention’ was published. On the same day, the Home Secretary discontinued the standing commission for ...
13th January 2023