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AVID is looking for new Trustees

AVID is looking to recruit new Trustees - including a Treasurer - to support the work of ...

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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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