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Welcome to AVID

Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees (AVID)

Annual Report 2019

In 2019 we somewhat reluctantly marked our 25th anniversary. It is unfortunately testimon...

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Guest blog: Volunteering with “foreign” nationals in prison

Clara Della Croce, Prisoner and Detainee Project Co-ordinator at Asylum Welcome, writes a...

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Guest blog: Offering solidarity and signposting to people held in Manchester Residential Short Term Holding Facility

Chris from Manchester Immigration Detention Support Team (MIDST) writes about his experie...

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Temporary accommodation for asylum seekers at Yarl's Wood repeats the worst injustices of detention

We are gravely concerned to hear that the Home Office is using emergency planning regulat...

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