News: Detention

Detention outreach work continues in COVID-19

14 May 2020

JRS adapts casework, emotional & practical support for those in immigration detention.

JRS leads call for ‘leave to remain for all’ to protect public health

04 May 2020

JRS UK leads 30+ organisations & Bishops in letter to Prime Minister

JRS UK calls for change as report finds Home Office work towards alternatives to detention is “a token”

29 April 2020

Report published today finds weaknesses in Adults at Risk in Immigration Detention (AAR) policy

JRS UK calls for leave to remain for all migrants during COVID-19 pandemic

31 March 2020

JRS joins LSWU calling for key temporary measures to protect individual rights & public health

Coronavirus: Suspension of Day Centre, activities, and detention visiting

17 March 2020

Sarah Teather explains the changes to services JRS UK have decided to make

JRS UK renews calls for a person-centred immigration system in advance of charter flight seeking to remove people who have lived in Britain all their lives

07 February 2020

Christmas Card Appeal: Messages of Solidarity

04 October 2019

Help JRS UK to send Christmas cards to those we accompany in immigration detention

Jesuit Refugee Service UK “deeply saddened” by most recent death in detention

16 September 2019

Parliamentarians debate the urgent need to protect victims of trafficking from indefinite immigration detention

11 July 2019

JRS UK mentioned in Westminster Hall debate regarding victims of human trafficking in detention

JRS UK gives evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee

03 July 2019

JRS UK provides oral evidence to HASC inquiry on trafficked people in immigration detention.