Resources

BID Research Reports

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Provisional results of a survey of levels of legal representation for immigration detainees across the UK detention estate, June 2011

30 June 2011
Last resort or first resort: Immigration detention of children in the UK: Executive Summary

25 May 2011
Last resort or first resort? Immigration detention of children in the UK: Full Report

25 May 2011
Provisional results of a survey of levels of legal representation for immigration detainees across the UK detention estate, January 2011

9 February 2011
A nice judge on a good day: immigration bail and the right to liberty

1 July 2010
Out of sight, out of mind: experiences of immigration detention in the UK

1 July 2009
An evaluative report on the Millbank Alternative to Detention Pilot' by BID and The Children's Society

20 May 2009

A report written by BID and the Children's Society with the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund
Refusal Factory: Women's experiences of the Detained Fast Track asylum process at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre

1 September 2007
Obstacles to accountability: challenging the immigration detention of families

1 June 2007
Working against the clock: inadequacy and injustice in the fast track system

1 March 2006

Based on research by BID at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre
Fit to be detained? Challenging the detention of asylum seekers and migrants with health needs

1 May 2005

Based on the findings of a report by Médicins Sans Frontières
Justice Denied: Asylum and Immigration Legal Aid - a System in Crisis

1 April 2005

A joint report by BID and Asylum Aid
A few families too many: The detention of asylum-seeking families in the UK

1 March 2003
Challenging Immigration Detention: a Best Practice Guide

1 January 2003

October 2003. Produced jointly by ILPA, BID and The Law Society. An updated version is currently in preparation.
A crying shame: pregnant asylum seekers and their babies in detention

1 September 2002

A joint report by BID, the Maternity Alliance and the London Detainee Support Group

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