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Transcript of statement, taken from INQUEST.org.uk We need justice. Justice will help Jimmy rest in peace. This will prevent this situation from happening again. My name is Adrienne Kambana. I am the widow of Jimmy Mubenga and the mother of our five children. I would like to make a statement to ask for justice for [...]

Press release from INQUEST.org.uk INQUEST has produced a comprehensive briefing on the death of Jimmy Mubenga and the associated issues INQUEST INTO THE RESTRAINT-RELATED DEATH OF JIMMY MUBENGA WHILE BEING REMOVED FROM THE UK BEGINS MONDAY 13 MAY 10am, Monday 13 May 2013 – first evidence to be heard Tuesday 14 May Isleworth Crown Court, 36 Ridgeway [...]

This is the text of a talk given by Lisa Matthews of NCADC at the 2013 SOAS Detainee Support conference on Saturday 27 April.  The panel was asked to consider: What are the strategic opportunities and risks of advocating for ‘alternatives’ to detention? Should we be promoting existing ‘alternatives’ such as bail, or case management [...]

Theresa May has a bad habit of ruining Sundays.  Sundays are a good day for her populist, racist pandering to the right-wing press to receive a lot of air-time.  Tempting as it is to ignore her attention-seeking power-hungry attempts to fashion her own legacy, her latest intervention in the Article 8-foreign ex-offenders-deportation affair came at [...]

Just before Christmas, reports started coming in of migrants in the UK receiving distressing text messages from a company claiming to work for the Border Agency. The BBC reported that people living legally in the UK have been incorrectly told to leave the country by Capita PLC, a firm working for the government. Whats the Scam here? [...]

News stories from the world of asylum, immigration, human rights and NCADC.  Look out for our campaign review of the year in January! —- JANUARY The year commenced with an important legal victory for human rights, as explained by Rosalind English on theUK Human Rights Blog: People who make unsuccessful claims to enter or remain [...]

While Christmas is for most people a joyful holiday, for migrants without leave to remain – and those supporting them – it is a time of fear and uncertainty. Charities and other organisations are sadly well-versed in bracing themselves for a sharp rise in demand for crisis services at this time of year, as asylum [...]

A guest blog post by Melanie Griffiths. Melanie Griffiths is a DPhil candidate at Oxford University, with affiliation to the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, and the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society. Her research is on the asylum system in the UK, with a particular focus on refused asylum seekers and immigration detainees. [...]

In the early hours on 18 October, Fariman Saleh and her family were taken from their home in Cardiff by UKBA.  The dawn raid was filmed by a supporter of the family – it is very distressing to watch. Background WSSAG Wales, one of the many groups supporting the family, provided this information on the [...]

We are delighted to invite all our supporters and members to our action-packed annual conference on Saturday 8 September from 10:30am till 6pm in London.  The conference is being held at Praxis Community Projects at Pott Street in Bethnal Green, East London. It’s a full day programme as there is so much to discuss!  We [...]