Undocumented migrant children in the UK stand at the crossroads of different and conflicting policy agendas. The unresolved tension between commitments to protect children's rights and to securing borders is shaping their everyday lives in Britain
On November 5, the campaign published a detailed rebuttal of the UK government’s recent statement on child detention
The death of an Angolan man on a deportation flight from the UK highlights the increasingly brutal and unaccountable manner in which the country's borders are policed.
Immigration detention is a clear example of the gap between toughness and effectiveness. It's not too late for the coalition government to take on the extremely expensive pain of the wholesale detention of migrants
The Liberal Democrats must fight to salvage their promise to end the detention of children for immigration purposes in the UK.
As the Coalition government considers how the UK treats those who seek sanctuary within its borders, Colin Firth argues that the system should be humane and civilised and that the question of asylum should be treated separately from the general question of immigration.
When the new government said it would ‘end the detention of children for immigration purposes’ some people proclaimed a great victory.
But as the families locked up in Yarl’s
On Wednesday 19 May, we published a piece that began, 'At 11.36 this morning the mother of an 8-month old baby made a desperate plea for help on
Children are still being detained in the UK immigration system.
If they mean the immediate closure of Yarl's Wood, that should be a cause for great rejoicing. This is why we must hold them to it
The Citizens UK gathering in Westminster Methodist Hall on Monday which brought together all three party leaders was something quite breath-taking. I’ve written before about how their events combine
An exchange between the Prime Minister and campaigners on the question of child detention
