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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...

'AVID Detention Monitor' is AVID's monthly immigration detention digest. It i...

What is visiting? Visitors are volunteers who visit immigration detainees - wherever they...