We are deeply disappointed that the UK-France 'one in, one out' scheme has been extended until October. We stand by the concerns we and other groups shared earlier this year: detentionaction.org.uk/2026/02/10/j...

We have long warned of the risks of the UK-France deal. 🗣️ “In returning people to France, the UK is putting them at real risk of being returned to the country where they face persecution, in violation of the refugee convention.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

A brutal wrestle on a plane, passengers outraged, attendants helpless: I saw the UK’s deportation policy at work | Hugh Muir

1/2 Under the UK–France deal, the Home Office has held 76 age-disputed children in detention - a sharp rise from 28, our last documented figure in February. Children are often held in small cells alongside unrelated adults and at risk of the use of force. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Stand in solidarity with migrants by donating to Detention Action today. We offer advice and advocacy for people in detention, always for free. Just £19 could pay for a volunteer to visit a person in detention. Visit detentionaction.org.uk/donate to find out more and give today.

1/3 This month, Detention Action and the Detention Taskforce on Survivors of Trafficking in Immigration Detention published a new briefing titled “Barriers to Disclosure: A Survivor of Trafficking’s Journey Through the Immigration Process”: detentionaction.org.uk/2026/03/09/b...

Job Alert! Are you someone who is committed to 1) fighting unjust detention and removal policies? 2) amplifying migrants' voices? 3) building a compassionate migration system? If yes, you could be our next Communications and Campaigns Officer! Apply now: www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/detenti...

“Your work inspires hope and shows real humanity.” — S, supported by our team while in detention. This is why we do what we do - to bring hope to people trapped behind walls and to be their lifeline during a time of isolation and uncertainty. Support us: detentionaction.org.uk/donate/

It's more important than ever that we stand with migrants against hate and division. Detention Action has been offering life-saving support since 1993. A monthly donation of £5 could help keep our phone lines open. Go to detentionaction.org.uk/donate to give to our work.

Join us! We are looking for a Communications and Campaigns Officer to: 1) Support people in detention; 2) Challenge unjust and harmful detention and removal policies; and 3) Fight for a compassionate migration system. Learn more and apply here: shorturl.at/LIKrh

This week, the Home Office launched a consultation on its Use of Force Policy - indicating its intent to use force on families and children during enforced removals. Let's be clear: using force on children is utterly unacceptable. Period.

1/2 In a new pilot scheme, the Home Secretary will offer money to families who have been refused asylum to leave the country. Those who decline-including children-will risk losing their accommodation and face enforced removal. Families are given just seven days to decide.

We are hiring a Communications and Campaigns Officer. If you find detention harmful and cruel; If you stand in solidarity with migrants; If you're committed to amplifying their voices in today's migration debates; Apply now! You might be just who we need: www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/detenti...

1/2 Last year, this government expanded detention capacity and locked away more people in detention, exposing them to significant risk of harm. This includes people fleeing war, violence, and persecution who have just survived a treacherous sea journey under the UK-France deal.

Yesterday, this government stripped refugees of long-term protection. Refugees will now only be offered temporary leave to remain, reviewed every 30 months, until they are granted indefinite leave to remain - which could take up to 20 years under this government’s proposed plan.

We’re recruiting Trustees to join our Board. Join us and play a vital role in supporting our work to promote the welfare and rights of people in immigration detention. Deadline: 12 March 2026 To find out more: detentionaction.org.uk/become-a-tru...

We are recruiting Trustees to join our board and support us in our work to promote the welfare and rights of people in immigration detention! Application deadline: 12th March 2026 You may find more information on our website: detentionaction.org.uk/become-a-tru...

1/8 Today, Detention Action, alongside 21 British and French migration and refugee organisations, issues a joint statement on the harm caused by the UK-France ‘one-in, one-out’ deal. You may read the full statement here: detentionaction.org.uk/2026/02/10/j...

1/4 UN Experts and Special Rapporteurs have sent formal allegation letters to both the UK and French governments over serious potential human rights violations under the ‘one-in, one-out’ deal. You may read the full story here: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Brook House reported 76 use-of-force incidents in March 2025 alone - an average of two every day - alongside routine use of handcuffs and isolation.This is concerning given that the Brook House inquiry found 19 instances of human rights breaches in 2017. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Rainbow Migration found that no UK detention centre has a policy for staff to track or challenge homophobic behaviour, and the Home Office has failed to monitor the prevalence of such incidents across the detention estate. bylinetimes.com/2026/01/21/h...

A new report from Medical Justice reveals that 18 of 33 people surveyed under the UK–France deal show ‘clinical evidence of torture or trafficking’ — yet safeguarding in detention is failing to protect them. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

“Overcrowded, squalid and insanitary,” with outbreaks of diphtheria and scabies — evidence heard at the public inquiry into the horrific detention conditions at Manston in 2022. The Home Office must learn from its lesson and treat migrants with dignity. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Immigration detention is not only costly, it is ineffective and harmful. The majority of people being locked away in detention ended up being released back to the community. There is also no evidence that detention deters people from traveling to the UK. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

1/4 We are deeply concerned by the reported use of force within detention centres against people seeking asylum who peacefully protested the UK–France deal last week. We question the necessity of using force against individuals engaging in peaceful protest within the centres.

Last week, more than 100 people seeking asylum peacefully protested against the UK–France deal within detention centres. Officers reportedly used an alarming level of force, including riot shields, dogs, and tear gas, to forcibly end the protest. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Do you speak a language other than English? We’d love you to join us. Become a volunteer interpreter and help provide vital support to people in detention! 9am tomorrow is the application deadline. Join us to make a real difference! To apply: detentionaction.org.uk/get-involved...

We need you! We are currently recruiting volunteer interpreters. As a volunteer interpreter, you will support calls with people in detention, helping us provide vital practical and emotional support. To apply, please visit our website: detentionaction.org.uk/get-involved...

Eighty people seeking asylum - detained under the UK–France Deal - have launched a report detailing their experiences of fear, humiliation, and psychological distress caused by the Home Office. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

More evidence of serious failures within the immigration detention system, as the High Court rules that there has been an unlawful failure of the Home Office’s system designed to protect vulnerable people from inhuman and degrading treatment in detention.

In 2025, our dedicated Casework Team gave support and expert advice to hundreds of people trapped in immigration detention, helping them navigate the hostile immigration system and, in many cases, regain their freedom. We couldn't have done this without our amazing supporters.

Thanks to all our amazing supporters, we achieved our fundraising goal as part of the Big Give Christmas Challenge! We're very grateful to everyone who has backed Detention Action - in any way - this past year, and we'd like to send you all best wishes for the holidays.

We're so close to our target! If you'd like to help us provide support to even more people in detention - including loving parents separated from their children - please give before noon today, if you can, so your donation can be doubled as part of the Big Give. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

If you donate to our Christmas Appeal before noon tomorrow, we can double your donation, thanks to the Big Give. Your donation will help us support more loving parents, cruelly separated from their children and loved ones by detention and the threat of deportation: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

When a family is torn apart by detention, the fight to stay together can last years and cost up to £50k. Families can be plunged into poverty, with serious harm to children when they lose a parent. Support our Christmas appeal to Keep Families Together: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

1/3 A new report by independent inspectors has raised serious concerns about the immigration detention centres near Gatwick Airport. They report "instances of intimidating, callous or disrespectful behaviour [by staff] both to and about detained men".

When a loving parent is deported, the Home Office shows little care for the children who are harmed. That's why, this Christmas, we're asking you to support our work to Keep Families Together. And until 9 December, all donations will be doubled! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

Samuel told us how his family was thrown into chaos when the Home Office detained him and threatened to deport him. Seven years on, he and his children still live under that threat. This Christmas, Help us Keep Families Together. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

“It has affected the children a lot, and how they see themselves.” Samuel’s family was torn apart when he was detained. Seven years later, they still live under the threat of his deportation. Help us Keep Families Together. Donate to our festive appeal: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

Each year, many children lose a loving parent to forced deportation. This winter, we need your help to Keep Families Together. And if you give to our appeal before 9 December, your donation will be doubled with matched funding, as part of the Big Give. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

1/4 Local activists report that the first person has been transferred by the Home Office to the reopened Campsfield immigration detention centre, Oxfordshire; the first step in the government's plan to detain at least 45% more people across the UK.

We need your help to keep families together. Every penny given to our Christmas Challenge helps us support parents to return to their families and into their children’s arms. Give before 9 December and have your donation doubled with match funding! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

The government detained 22,661 people in the year ending Sep 2025; a 17% leap from the year before. But more than half of those people were ultimately released back to the community. Detention does serious harm and costs tens of millions — so why detain them in the first place?

1/3 An official watchdog overseeing the operation of immigration detention centres has released alarming information about the use of force against people held by the Home Office.

Since August, we’ve witnessed how this government’s UK–France deal puts people in danger. Their new asylum reforms will only push more people — including the most vulnerable — into detention and expose them to serious risks of harm. Our full statement: detentionaction.org.uk/2025/11/21/o...

“In their rush to remove people seeking asylum to France, the Home Office is depriving them of the chance to explain their circumstances, causing extreme distress. Even survivors of trafficking face the terrifying prospect of removal by force.”

It’s been 100 days since the UK-France deal came into force. Every day, our Casework Team sees the serious harm it’s causing to people seeking asylum. Beyond the government's failures, detention harms people — even more so for those fleeing war, torture and persecution.

We're hiring a Casework Coordinator to join our incredible Casework Team! Providing vital support and non-legal advice to people in immigration detention, our team help to challenge injustices in the UK's asylum, detention and deportation systems. Apply here: www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/detenti...

Led by @libertyhq.bsky.social, almost 300 organisations across the UK have come together to defend the vital importance of the European Convention on Human Rights in protecting every person in the UK. 1/3 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

This government signed a £140 million contract to reopen the Campsfield detention centre, notorious for its appalling conditions before its closure in 2019. Plans to expand detention by 45% will only harm more people and put them at severe risk. www.forbes.com/sites/freyli...