'An evaluative report on the Millbank Alternative to Detention Pilot' by BID and The Children's Society, May 2009 READ

'Immigration bail hearings by video link: a monitoring exercise by Bail for Immigration Detainees and the Refugee Council', March 2008 - READ

'Refusal Factory - Women's experiences of the Detained Fast Track asylum process at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre' by BID, September 2007. Read Refusal Factory in full or the executive summary or the case studies

'Obstacles to accountability: challenging the immigration detention of families', June 2007 - READ

Alternatives to immigration detention of families and children - a discussion paper by John Bercow MP, Lord Dubs and Evan Harris MP, supported by the No Place for a Child coalition, July 2006 - READ

'Working against the clock: inadequacy and injustice in the fast track system' by BID, July 2006. THE REPORT - the EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

'Fit to be Detained? Challenging the detention of asylum seekers and migrants with health needs' by BID, including a report by Médicins Sans Frontières - May 2005. READ Fit to be Detained in full or the Executive Summary

'Justice Denied - Asylum and Immigration Legal Aid - A System in Crisis - Evidence from the front line' - A joint publication by BID and Asylum Aid - April 2005 - READ JUSTICE DENIED in full or download the EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PDF (or access a word version)

'They took me away' - Women's experiences of immigration detention in the UK - September 2004 READ

'A Few Families too Many: The detention of asylum-seeking families in the UK'- March 2003 READ

BID Submission to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention - September 2002 READ

'A Crying Shame: pregnant asylum seekers and their babies in detention' A joint publication by BID, Maternity Alliance and the London Detainee Support Group - September 2002 READ

'Maintaining Contact: What happens when detained asylum seekers get bail?' by Professor Irene Bruegel & Eva Natamba (A Social Science Research Paper published by South Bank University) - June 2002 READ

This guide aims to inform best practice in:
- Preparing and presenting bail applications from assessment of case through to advocacy in court
- Other methods of obtaining release from detention, and remedies for unlawful detention
- Addressing the wider obstacles that detention presents to applications to remain in the UK.