The AVID Periodical 

BACK ISSUES & TOPICS

The AVID Periodical was mentioned by Earl Russell speaking in the Lords 9th October 2002 

".... quoted in the current newsletter of the Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees, of which I have the honour to be a patron. The adjudicator said: 'You allege that you were beaten, left naked, and left in a cell soaked in urine. Your claim that this constitutes torture is so incredible as to cast doubt on the credibility of all the rest of your testimony'."

The current edition (no.10), to which Earl Russell refers, will not be on the web until no.11 is published just before Christmas.

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AVID MATTERS

A NOTE FROM AVID'S NEW CO-ORDINATOR january 2002

acting Chairman's ReporT TO THE AVID AGM october 1998

Newsletter No 1 JULY 1997

the AVID Aurora Fund  september 1999

The AVID website january 2001

Welcome to the new groups  july 2001

CAMPAIGNING

BAE Systems should pay for A FAMILY'S PLACE ON A LORRY FOR EVERY HAWK JET IT SELLS TO THE COUNTRY THEY ARE FLEEING july 2001

Blockading Oakington november 2000

Foley of the Fo, THE MAN WHO FOOLED THE NAZIS january 2001

Imagine  january 2001

Maintaining Contact: What happens after detained asylum seekers get bail? january 2002

Stepping up campaigns against detention january 2001  

Taking Action Against Biased Media Coverage november 2000 

CAMPSFIELD

Campsfield Best and Worst Practice september 1999

Campsfield is to Close May 2002

CampsfieLD LESSONS october 1998

Oxford (awads) JULY 1997

DETENTION

A Man's Death in Harmondsworth november 2000

A New Experience in Visiting May 2002

Deportation and Detention november 1997

Detention in Europe   july 2001

Detention Powers: King's College Report  september 1999

Detention TA and Bail 1 JULY 1997

Detention TA and BaiL 2 november 1997

Detention TA and Bail 3 october 1998

DETENTION WATCH UK january 2002

Extract from Detention Debate in the House of Commons 11^th July 2001   july 2001

Foreign Newspapers for Detainees november 2000

HEALTH ISSUES IN RELATION TO DETENTION   january 2002

International Legal Standards for Administrative Detention september 1999

ManchesteR AIRPORT DETENTION CENTRE JULY 1997

MEDICAL PROBLEMS IN DETENTION january 2002

REPORT OF THE VISIT OF HASLAR VISITORS GROUP TO HASLAR HOLDING CENTRE ON 5TH FEBRUARY 1998  october 1998

REPORT ON Medical IssueS RELATING TO DETENTION september 1999

Research Study on the Detention of Asylum Seekers  july 2001   

Special Exercise Detention : Arbitrary Detention  in the UK july 2001

Stepping up campaigns against detention january 2001

The ECRI Report & the Detention of Asylum Seekers july 2001

The New Detainees : Children in Families May 2002  

UK Detention: the View from the Immigration Advisory Service july 2001  

DETENTION CENTRES  - now known as removal centres.  oakington is strictly speaking a reception centre.

A Man's Death in Harmondsworth november 2000

Blockading Oakington november 2000

Campsfield Best and Worst Practice september 1999  

Campsfield is to Close May 2002

CampsfieLD LESSONS october 1998

CHRISTMAS CAME TO Tinsley House october 1998  

Facing the Harmondsworth Experience  May 2002

Gatwick dETAINEES WELFARE GROUP JULY 1997

GatwicK DETAINEES WELFARE GROUP october 1998

HASLAR STRIKE   january 2002

HaslaR VISITORS GROUP  JULY 1997

Hijacked Afghans in Tinsley House november 2000

ImaginE! JULY 1997

Lindholme Detention Centre november 2000

LondoN DETAINEE SUPPORT GROUP november 1997

Manchester airport detention centre  november 1997

Oxford (awads) JULY 1997

REPORT OF THE VISIT OF HASLAR VISITORS GROUP TO HASLAR HOLDING CENTRE ON 5TH FEBRUARY 1998  october 1998

Samaritans at Haslar november 2000

The New Detainees : Children in Families May 2002

EUROPE + INTERNATIONAL

Algerian Draft Dodgers May 2002

A PolISH EXPERIENCE JULY 1997

A VISIT TO GERMANY january 2002

Detention in Europe   july 2001

 Detention in Australia May 2002

Europe Behind Barbed Wire" - A European Conference On Detention october 1998

International Legal Standards for Administrative Detention september 1999

Oxford Conference "Barbed Wire Europe" november 2000

GATWICK

CHRISTMAS CAME TO Tinsley House october 1998

Gatwick dETAINEES WELFARE GROUP JULY 1997

GatwicK DETAINEES WELFARE GROUP october 1998

Hijacked Afghans in Tinsley House november 2000

hARMONDSWORTH

A Man's Death in Harmondsworth november 2000

A New Experience in Visiting May 2002

Facing the Harmondsworth Experience  May 2002

ImaginE! JULY 1997

LondoN DETAINEE SUPPORT GROUP november 1997

HASLAR STRIKE   january 2002

HaslaR VISITORS GROUP  JULY 1997

REPORT OF THE VISIT OF HASLAR VISITORS GROUP TO HASLAR HOLDING CENTRE ON 5TH FEBRUARY 1998  october 1998

Samaritans at Haslar november 2000

Teaching IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT HaslaR HOLDING CENTRE   november 1997

INTRODUCTIONS

Introduction 1 JULY 1997

Introduction 2 november 1997

Introduction 3 october 1998

Introduction 4 september 1999

Introduction 5 november 2000

Introduction 6 january 2001

Introduction 7 july 2001

IntroductioN 9  May 2002

LEGAL AND BAIL

Asylum Welcome TAKES ITS CONCERNS ABOUT BAIL TO THE Chief Adjudicator september 1999

Bail GuidANCE NOTES FOR ADJUDICATORS FROM THE CHIEF ADJUDICATOR november 2000

Bail Research  november 2000

BID - BAIL FOR IMMIGRATION DETAINEES october 1998

Challenging Removal november 2000

Complaints to the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC)  May 2002

deciding to detain - how decisions to detain asylum seekers are made at ports of entry, by leanne weber and loraine gelsthorpe november 2000

Detention TA and Bail 1 JULY 1997

Detention TA and BaiL 2 november 1997

Detention TA and Bail 3 october 1998

Immigration Detention: a Handbook for Visitors £2.50 inc. p&p (via AVID Box Number) JULY 1997

lETTER to BID november 2000

Maintaining Contact: What happens after detained asylum seekers get bail? january 2002

Regulation of advisors january 2001

REPORT FROM THE IND'S WorkshoP ON NEW BAIL LEGISLATION september 1999

SURETIES IN BAIL APPLICATIONS january 2002

The Best Practice Guide to Asylum Appeals: £10.00 (via AVID Box Number) JULY 1997

THE CCRJ Bail CirclE FOR DETAINED ASYLUM SEEKERS october 1998

THE Free RepresentatioN UNIT AND THE BAR PRO BONO UNIT november 1997

To BID from BN , JAILED IN ROCHESTER september 1999

Voluntary ReturN PROJECT october 1998

MEDICAL

A Man's Death in Harmondsworth november 2000

A Second Exile: The Mental Health Implications of Detention of Asylum Seekers in the United Kingdom: (from Churches' Commission on Racial Justice) JULY 1997  

HEALTH ISSUES IN RELATION TO DETENTION january 2002

HEALTH NEEDS OF ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES january 2002

mEDICAL ISSUES - Recent Developments november 2000

MEDICAL PROBLEMS IN DETENTION january 2002

One experience of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Detention May 2002

PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICE at TINSLEY HOUSE  january 2002

REPORT ON Medical IssueS RELATING TO DETENTION september 1999

Samaritans at Haslar november 2000

The Health of Survivors of Torture & Organised Violence May 2002

The medical profession and human rights : handbook for a changing agenda, the british medical association january 2002

OAKINGTON

Blockading Oakington november 2000

policy

Backdated Income Support FOR REFUGEES WHO WEREN’T ELIGIBLE FOR IT WHILST ASYLUM SEEKERS september 1999

eFFECTIVE AND HUMANE ASYLUM POLICIES -  House of Lords Debate november 2000

Fairer Faster FirmeR - A MODERN APPROACH TO IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM october 1998

Imagine january 2001

LABOUR'S LAW OF ETHNIC PUNISHMENT SHAMES US ALL Racism has now been enshrined in statute july 2001

Love thy neighbor january 2001

Maintaining Contact: What happens after detained asylum seekers get bail? january 2002

Refugee Council`S Response To The Immigration & Asylum White Paper october 1998

Secure Borders, Safe Haven May 2002

Straw pledges asylum crackdown january 2001

The Ministerial VieW: A SUMMARY OF A MEETING BETWEEN MIKE O’BRIEN AND THE CATHOLIC REFUGEE FORUM ON 27 OCTOBER 1997. november 1997

The New Detainees : Children in Families May 2002

whatever happened to asylum in britain? A tale of two walls, by louise pirouet  january 2002

The White LisT AND OTHER WHITE LIES, AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW october 1998

Why Detention? (report of a conference held 6/11/96): £4.00 inc. p&p (from Churches Commission for Racial Justice, Inter-Church House, 35-41 Lower Marsh, London SE1. 7RL.) JULY 1997  

PRISONS

Asylum seekers facing life in prisons  january 2001

Birmingham AVID  JULY 1997 

Bristol group report JULY 1997

Chief Inspector of Prisons november 1997

detention in scotland  JULY 1997

Doncaster  JULY 1997

HASLAR STRIKE   january 2002

HaslaR VISITORS GROUP  JULY 1997  

inside eye: wandsworth prison as seen through the prisoners' eyes, edited by mark schlossman and adri berger july 2001

Interview, Shirley Firth (a founder member) talks to nicola king (present chair) about the early days of the winchester action group for asylum seekers (wagas) JULY 1997

Lindholme Detention Centre november 2000

Manchester airport detention centre  november 1997

Medway detainees support group JULY 1997

Norwich  JULY 1997

REPORT OF THE VISIT OF HASLAR VISITORS GROUP TO HASLAR HOLDING CENTRE ON 5TH FEBRUARY 1998  october 1998

Samaritans at Haslar november 2000

Teaching IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT HaslaR HOLDING CENTRE   november 1997

Visiting in Scotland january 2001

WE DON'T TREAT PEOPLE THIS WAY january 2002

Winson Green detainees support group  october 1998

Winson Green detainees support group november 1997

QUOTATIONS

Memorable Quotes november 2000

Memorable Quotes january 2001

Memorable Quotes May 2002

REFUGEES

A Fight to belong, by alan gibbons   january 2001

Algerian Draft Dodgers May 2002

A Universal Problem july 2001

I AM AN ASYLUM SEEKER, NOT A CRIMINAL january 2002

Refugees in an age of Genocide: global, national and local perspectives in the twentieth century november 1997  

The uninvited - refugees at the rich man's gate by jeremy harding january 2001

where do i belong, by shabibi shah  july 2001

World Beyond Description May 2002

REVIEWS  

A Fight to belong, by alan gibbons   january 2001

A Preview Of "Refugees In An Age Of Genocide: Global, National And Local Responses In The Twentieth Century"  by the authors, Katharine Knox and Tony Kushner october 1998

A Second Exile: The Mental Health Implications of Detention of Asylum Seekers in the United Kingdom: (from Churches' Commission on Racial Justice) JULY 1997

deciding to detain - how decisions to detain asylum seekers are made at ports of entry, by leanne weber and loraine gelsthorpe november 2000

FOR AVID READERs  july 2001

for AVID Readers  january 2002

Immigration Detention: a Handbook for Visitors £2.50 inc. p&p (via AVID Box Number) JULY 1997

inside eye: wandsworth prison as seen through the prisoners' eyes, edited by mark schlossman and adri berger july 2001  

Maintaining Contact: What happens after detained asylum seekers get bail? january 2002

open borders : the case against immigration controls, by teresa hayter  november 2000

Publications JULY 1997

Refugees in an age of Genocide: global, national and local perspectives in the twentieth century november 1997

separated children coming to western europe, by wendy ayotte november 2000

Suggestions for Further Reading november 2000

The AVID website january 2001

The Best Practice Guide to Asylum Appeals: £10.00 (via AVID Box Number) JULY 1997

the leaves have lost their trees, by dorothy darke july 2001

The medical profession and human rights : handbook for a changing agenda, the british medical association january 2002

The uninvited - refugees at the rich man's gate by jeremy harding january 2001

whatever happened to asylum in britain? A tale of two walls, by louise pirouet  january 2002

where do i belong, by shabibi shah  july 2001

Why Detention? (report of a conference held 6/11/96): £4.00 inc. p&p (from Churches Commission for Racial Justice, Inter-Church House, 35-41 Lower Marsh, London SE1. 7RL.) JULY 1997

TRAINING

avid training course for visitors: oxford november 1997

Training for visitors october 1998

VISITING

A New Experience in Visiting May 2002

Confessions of a Refugee, ASYLUM SEEKER, ECONOMIC MIGRANT, DEPORTEE AND PROHIBITED IMMIGRANT november 1997

Facing the Harmondsworth Experience  May 2002

First Impressions  october 1998

Foley of the Fo, the man who fooled the nazis january 2001

Immigration Detention: a Handbook for Visitors £2.50 inc. p&p (via AVID Box Number) JULY 1997

Postscript to prison Visiting november 1997

Supporting Refugees: a day conference at the guildford institute on 20th september 1997 november 1997

surveying visitors to Immigration Detainees   september 1999

The First Visit november 1997

Virtue Rewarded  january 2001

Visiting and its wider implications   january 2001

Visiting immigration detainees november 1997

Whitbread Volunteer Action Awards in partnership with the home office  september 1999

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