Resources

Links to other Organisations

  • Detention centre visitors groups

  • Support for former detainees

     

    The Ex-Detainee Project (run by Dover Detainee Visitor Group)

    http://www.ddvg.org.uk/ex-detainees/

     

    The visitors group says "we understand that life after detention can be difficult. This is why we have started a newly designed Ex-Detainee project, which aims at supporting released Ex-Detainees to reintegrate into the society and participate in their local community despite the hardships of limited support. We therefore help in particular those Ex-Detainees that are threatened by or experiencing destitution.

     

    The project is a nationwide project and while we attempt to provide help for all detainees released from the Dover Immigration Removal Centre, it is not a precondition to have been a detainee in Dover to receive support from the project.

    What the project does:

     

    - Provides general advice after release from detention

    -  Reimburses travel expenses to reporting centres, doctors, hospitals, dentists, lawyers, etc.

    - Provides emergency accommodation and emergency food vouchers

    - Provides clothes or vouchers to buy some clothes

    - Organises an annual conference regarding ex-detainee needs and issues to serve as a forum of information  exchange and the establishment of best practice guidelines

     

    If you want to know more about our project, please contact us and ask for the Ex-Detainee Project Manager

     

    Call the project on:

    0800 9179397 (for detainees, their families and ex-detainees only)
    Or 01304 242755

    Send the project a text message:
    07540723238

    Email the project on:

     

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