News

See below a selection of the media coverage which BID has received over the last year.

7/12/11 The Guardian

BID's Director comments on the detention of pregnant women

7/12/11 The Morning Star 

BID's Director comments on the detention of pregnant women

16/10/11 The Guardian

BID comments on the Government's failure to implement their commitment to end the immigration detention of children

5/10/11 The Guardian

A letter to the Editor from BID's Director commenting on Theresa May's 'Catgate' speech on immigration

15/06/11 Migrant Rights Network

Read BID's blog for Migrant Rights Network on detention of children

20/04/11 Children and Young People Now 

Read this report on a client of BID's who was unlawfully detained and separated from her children 

24/03/2011Channel 4 News Website 

BID comments on the unlawful detention of foreign national ex-offenders

10/03/2011 Sky News Website 

BID comments on the Government's plans to build a new family detention facility 

15/02/2011 Testimony Project Website

An interview with BID's Director, Celia Clarke

13/01/2011 Open Democracy  

An article about unlawful detention of children, citing BID's involvement in the Suppiah case in the High Court

11/01/2011 The Guardian Website

An article about the unlawful detention of children, which references BID's involvement in the Suppiah case in the High Court 

11/01/2011 The Independent Website

An article about the unlawful detention of children, citing BID's involvement in the Suppiah High Court case.

16/12/2011 Sky News Website  

BID comments on the Government's new family returns process

28/11/2011 The Observer (front page)

BID comments on the alternatives to child detention proposed by the Government, outlining concerns about inadequate safeguards

BID organised a letter to the press, from a group of peers, calling for an end to child detention 

12/11/2010 The Guardian Letters

12/11/2010 The Guardian

12/11/2011 Radio 4 Today Programme

09/11/2010  Open Democracy 

BID comments on the vulnerability of children in detention

26/10/2010 Politics.co.uk 

An article about the unlawful detention of children, citing BID's involvement in the Suppiah High Court case. 

26/10/2010 Guardian  

An article about the unlawful detention of children, citing BID's involvement in the Suppiah High Court case.