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AVID looks at Stephen Shaw's Follow-up Report

The first Shaw review was a landmark publication in the ongoing work towards reform of de...

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Training: Statelessness,and how to support as a visitor

We are pleased to offer another training to all of the visitors group on “Introduct...

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Walking with Refugee Tales

In her 2009 TedTalk, Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie warned of the "danger ...

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Home Secretary lays Stephen Shaw Review before parliament

The Home Secretary Sajid Javid has today laid before parliament the follow up report to t...

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Refugee Week Blog

Subjecting someone to a period of indefinite detention contrasts utterly with the princip...

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Refugee Tales Walks to Westminster

Refugee Tales is an outreach project of our member group, Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group...

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AVID is looking for volunteer fundraisers!

AVID is fundraising with the Workers Beer Company, which allows charities like us to rais...

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JRS UK Guest Blog Post on Detention

In this guest post, Beatrice Grasso, Detention Outreach Manager for JRS UK (Jesuit Refuge...

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AVID is recruiting a treasurer

AVID is looking to recruit a Treasurer - to support the work of our small, national chari...

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Visiting and Supporting Trafficking / Modern Slavery Survivors in Detention

AVID was delighted to offer a free training for visitors groups from all over the UK. On ...

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Yarl's Wood Hunger Strike Ends, but the Protest Continues

We heard last month that the hunger strike at Yarl’s Wood was to end, but that the ...

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'Digested Read' - Home Affairs Committee Evidence Gathering Session on Immigration Detention

On Tuesday March 20th, the Home Affairs Committee took evidence from Medical Justice, Bai...

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Looking at HMIP Report on Harmondsworth IRC

HMIP has released its report on its 2017 inspection of Harmondsworth Immigration Removal ...

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Immigration Detention Statistics for 2017

The Home Office has released its statistics on immigration detention in the fourth quarte...

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AVID Training on Supporting trafficking/ modern slavery Survivors

We are pleased to offer another training to all of the visitors group on “Supportin...

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Detention Around the Globe

We have collected a selection of news stories and opinion editorials about immigration de...

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New Reports from December – January

Below are the summaries of reports and research studies published in late 2017 British Me...

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Samaritans Training Day

Event: Training for Visitors: Conversation with Vulnerable People As part of the programm...

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Scottish Detainee Visitors - 'Life After Detention'

“I’m not what I was. Sometimes I think that there is a banner on my face, eve...

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Volunteer visitors training on introduction to Judicial review and how it works

AVID was delighted to partner with The Public Law Project (PLP) to offer a free training ...

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AVID Skillshare

We are delighted to launch a new initiative - the AVID skillshare programme - open to all...

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Free Training for volunteer visitors

AVID is pleased to let the members know that we are partnering with the Public Law Projec...

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We are recruiting! Two vacancies: Acting Director, and Information and Communications Role

Two fantastic vacancies with the AVID team! AVID is looking to expand our small team, by ...

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AVID is seeking a Treasurer

AVID is looking to recruit a Treasurer - to support the work of our small, national chari...

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Indefinite detention and broken promises of reform

Indefinite detention and broken promises of reform AVID statement in response to BBC Pano...

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Support detainees held at Dungavel, Scotland

Scottish Detainee Visitors relies mainly on the work of the volunteers to deliver one to ...

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SOAS Detainee Support: online crowdfunding campaign

SOAS Detainee Support group is a student-led organisation based at the University of Lond...

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SOAS Detainee Support's summer training event - 28th June 2017

SOAS Detainee Support group is a student-led organization based at the University of Lond...

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Hidden Stories film screening and panel discussion: Wednesday 21st June

This event was organised by the Larne House Visitors Group as part of Refugee Week 2017. ...

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Yarl's Wood Befrienders celebrating Refugee Week 2017!

Yarls Wood Befrienders: Three events for Refugee Week 2017 Yarl's Wood Befrienders is...

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Yarl's Wood Befrienders AGM, Wednesday 5th July 2017!

Yarl's Wood Befrienders are holding their annual general meeting on Wednesday 5th Jul...

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Support detainees held at Morton Hall

Morton Hall Visitors group is a small volunteer led visitors group based in Nottingham. T...

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Full House! Verne Visitors Group highlight indefinite detention

Full House! Standing Room only at Verne Visitors Group Awareness Raising Meeting Verne Vi...

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Welfare contract at new Family Unit awarded, as Tinsley gets ready to hold children once more

Comment – Government awards contract for welfare services in Tinsley House Family U...

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Refugee Tales: a call to end indefinite detention

The wonderful Refugee Tales returns in 2017, a series of walks, readings and events that ...

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Treasurer Opportunity

Current Opportunities: Board Member: Treasurer A vacancy has arisen on our Board of Trust...

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Awareness Raising Event: Belfast, 9th Dec

Larne House Visitors Group and Scottish Detainee Visitors: awareness raising event, 9th D...

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Free Training on Unlawful Detention

The Habeas Corpus Project is a law centre providing pro-bono legal representation to immi...

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Larne and Verne visitors in the news!

This month we were pleased to see media coverage of the work of two visitors groups, Larn...

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Dungavel's closure: more questions than answers

The Government has announced plans to close Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), in...

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