Life after closure: The experiences of the Verne Visitors Group
This blog comes from Ruth Jacobson, a committee member of the Verne Visitors Group (VVG). VVG was established in 2014 to support people detained in The Verne immigration removal centre (IRC) until its closure in December 2017. Here, Ruth is [...]
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Watch Justice and Peace Scotland film on #detention, (2017).
Footage of #Dungavel solidarity gathering with Ayrshire Hope Not Hate group. Input from Glasgow Night Shelter, @SDVisitors, MSP @LindaFabianiSNP, @globaljusticegl and survivors. #Unlocked18
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Life after #detention. Listen to John describing the impact of detention beyond the walls of the removal centre.
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The Home Office is planning to add independent oversight to its decisions over whether to keep people in immigration #detention centres “in the next few months”. #Unlocked18
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"Because of #detention I was constantly reminded of the torture in prison in my own country" #Dungavel #Unlocked18
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Unlocking Detention is a project of the Detention Forum.
Our social media tour uses Twitter, Facebook and a website to ‘unlock’ the gates of immigration detention centres.
#Unlocked18 runs from 22 October to 18 December 2018.