avid is the membership network supporting volunteer visitors to immigration detainees

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Welcome to AVID

Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees (AVID)

Every year, around 30,000 people are detained under immigration control for administrativ...

"I felt like I was in a coffin, but I was still alive. I was nailed in a coffin, but...

Our member visitor groups visit and support people in every detention centre and short te...

'In Touch' is AVID's free monthly newsletter. Each month we collate all news,...