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Information for Detainees
- How to get out of detention
- Getting help from BID
- Bulletins for detainees
- Useful forms and the BID bail handbook
- Travel documents
- Help for ex-detainees
- Getting Help from BiD
- Bulletins for Detainees
- BID and Ex-Detainee Project leaflet 'Guide to release from detention: Accommodation & financial support' February 2012
- BID Bulletin on the right to legal aid for bail August 2011 (this is written for detainees)
- BID bulletin on what to do if your solicitor has refused to make a bail application for you
- BID bulletin on the right to legal aid for bail applications March 2011 (this is written for individuals and organisations supporting detainees)
- BID letters for detainees (1 and 2) to legal advisor about legal aid for bail Feb 2011
- BID note for detainees to give to solicitors about legal aid for bail Feb 2011
- BID and Refugee Council bulletin on video link bail hearings June 2009
- Bulletin for detainees in the Fast Track procedure in Harmondsworth and Yarl's Wood
- BID Bulletin on how to get Section 4 accommodation for a bail address Nov 2010
- BID Bulletin for immigration detainees held in prison Nov 2010
- BID bulletin on bail applications for families in detention November 2010
- BID Bulletin on the Detention Duty Advice scheme for detainees January 2011
- BID bulletin on countries to which there are no returns currently (for Zimbabwean, Sudanese (non-Arab Darfuri) and Somali detainees) Dec 2009
Travel Document Project
- Travel Document Project
- Policy & Caselaw
- Current UK Government policy & guidance on obtaining travel documents for foreign nationals
- Case law relevant to travel document issues
- International agreements, Memoranda of Understanding, and protocols on travel documents & prisoner transfers
- Removability & Cooperation
- 'Taking all reasonable steps' & 'sustained effort'
- Criminal sanctions for non-cooperation: Section 35 action
- The relevant section of the Asylum & Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc) Act 2004 (s.35)
- UKBA amended instructions for documenting removals and the implementation of Section 35 of the Asylum & Immigration (treatment of claimants etc.) Act 2004 in non-compliant cases
- Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) guidance on prosecution for immigration offences including s35 action
- ILPA/BID guidance to legal representatives on best practice in the event that a client is alleged to have failed to cooperate with the documentation process or where identity or nationality is disputed
- Nationality, citizenship & statelessness
- Practical Information
- Country Information
- Resources
Resources
- Resources
- Briefing Papers
- 2011 Refugee Children's Consortium party conference briefing - current situation around immigration detention of children & new family returns process
- 2010 BID briefing on families separated by detention
- 2010 Outcry! briefing outlining concern about proposed methods for forcibly removing families
- 2010 BID briefing on long term detention
- 2009 BID and The Children's Society party conference briefing on children and immigration detention
- 2009 BID briefing paper on the Detained Fast Track
- 2009 BID briefing paper on access to immigration bail
- 2009 BID briefing paper on immigration detention in London
- 2007 BID briefing on Tribunal proposals for video conference bail hearings
- 2005 BID briefing on self-inflicted deaths of immigration detainees
- Consultation Responses and Submissions
- BID briefing to the House of Lords on the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill: Unlawful Detention (Amendments 60 & 61)
- BID briefing to the House of Lords on the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill: Immigration Judicial Reviews (Amendments 55-59)
- BID briefing to the House of Lords on the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill: Children and Vulnerable Adults (Amendments 69A & 70A)
- BID briefing to the House of Lords on the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill: Children and adults with dependents (Amendments 33 & 34)
- BID briefing to the House of Lords on the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill: Persons liable to detention (Amendments 68 & 70)
- Refugee Children's Consortium comments on Operating Standards for new family detention facility
- BID comments to Independent Chief Inspector of UKBA on forthcoming joint and thematic inspections
- BID submission to Home Office consultation on immigration-related statistics 2011
- BID submission to Ministry of Justice consultation on sentencing reform, 'Breaking the Cycle'
- BID submission to Ministry of Justice consultation on reform of legal aid in England and Wales 2011
- Response of BID and The Children's Society to UKBA plans for pilots to remove families with limited notice and through open accomodation
- Response of BID and The Children’s Society to the Home Office review into ending the detention of children for immigration purposes
- BID submission to JCHR on Draft (Partial) Immigration and Citizenship Bill 2003
- BID submission to Justice Select Committee review of the role of the Probation Service on foreign national prisoners
- BID submission to European Committee for Prevention of Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment on immigration detention
- BID submission to National Audit Office review of asylum July 2008
- BID submission to House of Lords Select Cttee on European Union on Draft Directive on Common Procedures for the return of illegally staying 3rd country nationals2005
- BID submission to Department of Constitutional Affairs on proposed FOI fees 2007
- BID submission to Home Affairs Select Committee enquiry into asylum and immigration removals Oct 2002
- BID submission to Home Affairs Select Committee enquiry into asylum applications March 2003
- BID response to Department of Constitutional Affairs and LSC on legal aid cuts Aug 2003
- BID submission to JCHR enquiry into self harm and deaths in custody
- BID submission to LSC Consultation on Controlled Legal Representation and Fast Track - impact on detainees
- BID response to Home Office announcement that women asylum seekers will be subjected to a Super Fast Track process March 2005
- BID submission to Home Affairs Select Committee enquiry into Immigration Control Dec 2005
- Bail guidance for immigration judges (2003 & 2011)
- 2011 Presidential Guidance Note: Bail Guidance for Immigration Judges
- 2003 Bail Guidance Notes for Adjudicators from the Chief Adjudicator
- BID's work on children and detention
- BiD Annual Reports
- BID Research Reports
- BID Research Reports
- Provisional results of a survey of levels of legal representation for immigration detainees across the UK detention estate, June 2011
- Provisional results of a survey of levels of legal representation for immigration detainees across the UK detention estate, January 2011
- Last resort or first resort: Immigration detention of children in the UK: Executive Summary
- Last resort or first resort? Immigration detention of children in the UK: Full Report
- Challenging Immigration Detention: a Best Practice Guide
- A crying shame: pregnant asylum seekers and their babies in detention
- A few families too many: The detention of asylum-seeking families in the UK
- Justice Denied: Asylum and Immigration Legal Aid - a System in Crisis
- Fit to be detained? Challenging the detention of asylum seekers and migrants with health needs
- Working against the clock: inadequacy and injustice in the fast track system
- Obstacles to accountability: challenging the immigration detention of families
- Refusal Factory: Women's experiences of the Detained Fast Track asylum process at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
- An evaluative report on the Millbank Alternative to Detention Pilot' by BID and The Children's Society
- Out of sight, out of mind: experiences of immigration detention in the UK
- A nice judge on a good day: immigration bail and the right to liberty
- Links to other Organisations
- Detention centre visitors groups
- Support for former detainees
- Immigration detention in general
- Asylum in general
- Enforcement agencies
- Independent monitoring bodies
- Useful reading about Detention
Facts & Figures
News
- BID's Media Coverage
- Contacts for Media
- News
- NEW BID Travel Document Project briefing on 'Cooperation & Removability', including practical steps, and criminal sanctions (s35 prosecutions) and 'reasonable excuse'
- Bailed detainees - how to make an application for S4 bail accommodation and support once released if a private accommodation arrangement breaks down
- NEW leaflet 'Accomodation and Financial Support on Release' for detainees, from BID and the Ex-Detainee Project at Dover Detainee Visitor Group
- ILPA & BID joint response to consultation on new bail guidance for immigration judges
- Prisons Inspector criticises UK Border Agency for holding too many pregnant women in detention
- New LSC legal surgery rotas available here
- Inspectorate report on UKBA and foreign national ex-offenders
- Refugee Children's Consortium briefing - current situation around immigration detention of children & the new family returns process, Sept 16th 2011
- Latest (2011) version of UKBA's Emergency Travel Document timescales and requirements now available to download from BID website
- Superceded 2003 bail guidance for adjudicators along with timeline of use - for reference
- Link to urgent advice for clients of IAS (Immigration Advisory Service) from the administrator
- Revised immigration bail guidance for immigration judges released by President of the First Tier Tribunal of the Immigration & Asylum Chamber.
- Latest BID & ICAR survey finds detainees now less aware of the free 30 minutes legal advice scheme in IRCs, and 32% of those using the DDA scheme wait one week or more for appointment
- UKBA's Emergency Travel Document timescales and requirements now available to download from BID website (2010 version)
- Judgment handed down on unlawful detention of foreign national ex-offender after the Home Office failed to carry out regular detention reviews as required - SK (Zimbabwe) v SSHD
- BID has published new research on detention of children
- UKBA have disclosed the 2010 Returns Group Documentation Unit (RGDU) ETD Country Reference Guide after a BID FOI request
- BID now on Twitter - follow BID's work and news from the world of detention
- BID's comments to Independent Chief Inspector of UKBA on forthcoming joint and thematic inspections - immigration casework and Detained Fast Track
- Outcry! partnership between BID and The Children's Society on child detention comes to an end
- BID is looking for new Trustees to join our Board - Treasurer post, and people with fundraising & communications experience
- Judgment handed down on unlawful detention of mother separated from her children
- BID needs a Media & Communications volunteer for our research and policy office in London. Contact us now!
- New podcast from Harriet Grant for The Guardian on the detention of foreign national ex-offenders
- BID publishes a new bulletin 'The right to legal aid for bail applications'
- BID & ICAR survey shows 19% of detainees interviewed never had any legal advice while in detention
- OutCry! response to Nick Clegg's announcement on the detention of children
- BID is the 2010 winner of the JUSTICE Human Rights Award
- Outcry! briefing outlining concern about new proposed methods of forcibly removing families
- BID & ICAR new survey on level of legal representation among detainees across the detention estate Nov 2010
- New BID bulletin on Section 4 applications for bail accommodation November 2010
- Immigration detainees failed by bail process - new BID report
- BID and The Children's Society comment on child detention figures