News: Detention
News articles from JRS UK
Abuse and mistreatment remain endemic throughout UK immigration detention years after abuse at Brook House came to light, finds Jesuit Refugee Service UK report
08 May 2024
New report by JRS UK: After Brook House: continued abuse in immigration detention
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Write a Christmas Card for people held in immigration detention
14 November 2023
Will shares the impact a Christmas Card can have for people held in immigration detention
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The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) UK renews calls for an end immigration detention in wake of report on abuse in Brook House IRC
19 September 2023
The testimonies of those incarcerated once again expose the cruelty and inhumanity of detention
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People have now been moved onto the Bibby Stockholm
07 August 2023
JRS UK responds as the first people have been moved onto the Barge, today 7th August 2023.
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New Report – Napier Barracks: the inhumane reality
29 March 2023
An in-depth report on the experiences of men held in quasi-detention at Napier Barracks
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JRS UK renews calls for end to detention in wake of ICIBI report* calling out ineffectiveness of safeguards for vulnerable people detained people
12 January 2023
JRS UK responds to the ICIBI report published January 2023
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JRS UK statement: petrol bomb attack at asylum processing centre
31 October 2022
The attack took place in context of vaunting demonisation & marginalisation of refugees.
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Seizure of asylum seekers’ phones
20 October 2022
JRS UK renews calls for justice in the asylum system.
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Napier barracks should be closed
27 June 2022
JRS welcomes court ruling against extension of Napier barracks.
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Rwanda plan: We remain resolute in our resistance
16 June 2022
We take a brief look at the past few weeks, and what happened in the run-up to the flight.
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