AVIDdetention
@aviddetention.bsky.social
Membership network for volunteer visitors to immigration detention. Helping those detained in removal centres, STHF & prisons across UK.
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Here is a very short list(Starter pack) of people/researchers/ organisations to follow on @bsky.app
But if you can think of someone to add, let us know or comment under this list.
Looking for anyone/organisation who posts about Immigration detention in the UK.
go.bsky.app/EkMTvkS
But if you can think of someone to add, let us know or comment under this list.
Looking for anyone/organisation who posts about Immigration detention in the UK.
go.bsky.app/EkMTvkS
🚨The state of immigration detention in the UK is deteriorating fast — and it’s being hidden behind slogans like “one-in, one-out”.
What’s happening now is not isolated failure.
It’s systemic harm.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
What’s happening now is not isolated failure.
It’s systemic harm.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
More than 100 asylum seekers stage ‘one in, one out’ protests at detention centres
Officers with riot shields, dogs and teargas called in to quell action at Harmondsworth and Brook House facilities
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:15 AM
🚨The state of immigration detention in the UK is deteriorating fast — and it’s being hidden behind slogans like “one-in, one-out”.
What’s happening now is not isolated failure.
It’s systemic harm.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
What’s happening now is not isolated failure.
It’s systemic harm.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
🗑️Here is another evidence to bin this policy!
According to Medical Justice's report: 18 of the 33 people they surveyed showed clinical evidence of torture or trafficking
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
According to Medical Justice's report: 18 of the 33 people they surveyed showed clinical evidence of torture or trafficking
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK’s ‘one in, one out’ scheme has failed to protect torture survivors, says charity
Medical Justice report finds Home Office approach has led to ‘near total disregard for identified vulnerabilities’
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:49 PM
🗑️Here is another evidence to bin this policy!
According to Medical Justice's report: 18 of the 33 people they surveyed showed clinical evidence of torture or trafficking
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
According to Medical Justice's report: 18 of the 33 people they surveyed showed clinical evidence of torture or trafficking
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
⚡ Next Tue: hear from Seán Binder — a frontline voice against the criminalisation of migration and solidarity chaired by @hallamtuck.bsky.social
UK's new Border Security Act tightens, its threat isn’t just to people on the move, it’s to all of us who stand with them.
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
UK's new Border Security Act tightens, its threat isn’t just to people on the move, it’s to all of us who stand with them.
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Facing decades in prison: on the criminalisation
Facing decades in prison: on the criminalisation of migration and solidarity Join us in London on 27
www.law.ox.ac.uk
January 20, 2026 at 12:14 PM
⚡ Next Tue: hear from Seán Binder — a frontline voice against the criminalisation of migration and solidarity chaired by @hallamtuck.bsky.social
UK's new Border Security Act tightens, its threat isn’t just to people on the move, it’s to all of us who stand with them.
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
UK's new Border Security Act tightens, its threat isn’t just to people on the move, it’s to all of us who stand with them.
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Half of our team have direct experience of immigration detention - We are horrified seeing this!
📣Those protesting today are saying what should never need saying: people are not bargaining chips.
We stand with those demanding an end to detention!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
📣Those protesting today are saying what should never need saying: people are not bargaining chips.
We stand with those demanding an end to detention!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
More than 100 asylum seekers stage ‘one in, one out’ protests at detention centres
Officers with riot shields, dogs and teargas called in to quell action at Harmondsworth and Brook House facilities
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Half of our team have direct experience of immigration detention - We are horrified seeing this!
📣Those protesting today are saying what should never need saying: people are not bargaining chips.
We stand with those demanding an end to detention!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
📣Those protesting today are saying what should never need saying: people are not bargaining chips.
We stand with those demanding an end to detention!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
What really happened at Manston? 🧵👇
A new Independent Inquiry has been launched to uncover the truth behind the conditions and treatment of people held at Manston Short-Term Holding Facility between June and November 2022 — a period marked by severe overcrowding, rights breaches and human suffering
A new Independent Inquiry has been launched to uncover the truth behind the conditions and treatment of people held at Manston Short-Term Holding Facility between June and November 2022 — a period marked by severe overcrowding, rights breaches and human suffering
January 15, 2026 at 2:58 PM
What really happened at Manston? 🧵👇
A new Independent Inquiry has been launched to uncover the truth behind the conditions and treatment of people held at Manston Short-Term Holding Facility between June and November 2022 — a period marked by severe overcrowding, rights breaches and human suffering
A new Independent Inquiry has been launched to uncover the truth behind the conditions and treatment of people held at Manston Short-Term Holding Facility between June and November 2022 — a period marked by severe overcrowding, rights breaches and human suffering
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If you’re In the uk and have undergrads thinking of post graduate studies please let them know about the @ox.ac.uk UNIQ+ scheme. @bordercrim.bsky.social is hosting again for a project with @aviddetention.bsky.social info here (also about other subjects): www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
UNIQplus projects | University of Oxford
Projects available for entry in 2026As part of your UNIQplus Research Internship, you will be working on a project under the supervision of academic staff from our community of world-leading
www.ox.ac.uk
January 13, 2026 at 6:50 PM
If you’re In the uk and have undergrads thinking of post graduate studies please let them know about the @ox.ac.uk UNIQ+ scheme. @bordercrim.bsky.social is hosting again for a project with @aviddetention.bsky.social info here (also about other subjects): www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
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Do you speak a language other than English?
We’d love you to join us. Become a volunteer interpreter and help provide vital support to people in detention!
9am tomorrow is the application deadline.
Join us to make a real difference!
To apply: detentionaction.org.uk/get-involved...
We’d love you to join us. Become a volunteer interpreter and help provide vital support to people in detention!
9am tomorrow is the application deadline.
Join us to make a real difference!
To apply: detentionaction.org.uk/get-involved...
January 14, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Do you speak a language other than English?
We’d love you to join us. Become a volunteer interpreter and help provide vital support to people in detention!
9am tomorrow is the application deadline.
Join us to make a real difference!
To apply: detentionaction.org.uk/get-involved...
We’d love you to join us. Become a volunteer interpreter and help provide vital support to people in detention!
9am tomorrow is the application deadline.
Join us to make a real difference!
To apply: detentionaction.org.uk/get-involved...
🚨100 people held under UK-France scheme report abuse:
"Healthcare is inadequate, legal representation is denied, families are isolated, and basic human rights are violated. People are mentally deteriorating due to constant fear, harassment, Our lives are at risk"
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...
"Healthcare is inadequate, legal representation is denied, families are isolated, and basic human rights are violated. People are mentally deteriorating due to constant fear, harassment, Our lives are at risk"
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...
100 People Detained in UK Immigration Removal Centres Say They Are Subjected to Extreme Physical and Emotional Abuse
Individuals detained at two detention centres report experiencing physical, psychological and emotional abuse at the hands of officers
bylinetimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:02 PM
🚨100 people held under UK-France scheme report abuse:
"Healthcare is inadequate, legal representation is denied, families are isolated, and basic human rights are violated. People are mentally deteriorating due to constant fear, harassment, Our lives are at risk"
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...
"Healthcare is inadequate, legal representation is denied, families are isolated, and basic human rights are violated. People are mentally deteriorating due to constant fear, harassment, Our lives are at risk"
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...
This power has been just rolled out in Manston detention centre as of this week
"It is clear that these offences will not deter people from making dangerous journeys across the Channel.Instead, our already overflowing prisons will be filled with people whose only ‘crime’ is to seek safety in the UK"
"It is clear that these offences will not deter people from making dangerous journeys across the Channel.Instead, our already overflowing prisons will be filled with people whose only ‘crime’ is to seek safety in the UK"
From today, new immigration offences give the UK government even more power to criminalise and imprison people crossing the Channel in dinghies. Read an overview of the changes from @vickytaylor.bsky.social ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
January 7, 2026 at 12:32 PM
This power has been just rolled out in Manston detention centre as of this week
"It is clear that these offences will not deter people from making dangerous journeys across the Channel.Instead, our already overflowing prisons will be filled with people whose only ‘crime’ is to seek safety in the UK"
"It is clear that these offences will not deter people from making dangerous journeys across the Channel.Instead, our already overflowing prisons will be filled with people whose only ‘crime’ is to seek safety in the UK"
80+ asylum seekers held at Harmondsworth IRC say the UK government’s scheme is degrading, arbitrary, and psychologically damaging.
They report isolation, denial of legal support, inadequate healthcare, fear and despair.
'One-In, One-Out' policy must be scrapped!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
They report isolation, denial of legal support, inadequate healthcare, fear and despair.
'One-In, One-Out' policy must be scrapped!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Eighty ‘one in, one out’ asylum seekers accuse UK of degrading treatment
Detainees being held under controversial scheme say Home Office has caused them ‘severe psychological harm’
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:30 AM
80+ asylum seekers held at Harmondsworth IRC say the UK government’s scheme is degrading, arbitrary, and psychologically damaging.
They report isolation, denial of legal support, inadequate healthcare, fear and despair.
'One-In, One-Out' policy must be scrapped!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
They report isolation, denial of legal support, inadequate healthcare, fear and despair.
'One-In, One-Out' policy must be scrapped!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
When you sit down to eat tonight, pause for a moment
Quick question(comment below):
What would you miss most if you didn’t know when you’d be free from immigrationdetention?
🍽 Food & routines
👨👩👧 Family & connection
❤️Freedom & choice
This Christmas, visitor groups across the UK are still showing up
Quick question(comment below):
What would you miss most if you didn’t know when you’d be free from immigrationdetention?
🍽 Food & routines
👨👩👧 Family & connection
❤️Freedom & choice
This Christmas, visitor groups across the UK are still showing up
December 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
When you sit down to eat tonight, pause for a moment
Quick question(comment below):
What would you miss most if you didn’t know when you’d be free from immigrationdetention?
🍽 Food & routines
👨👩👧 Family & connection
❤️Freedom & choice
This Christmas, visitor groups across the UK are still showing up
Quick question(comment below):
What would you miss most if you didn’t know when you’d be free from immigrationdetention?
🍽 Food & routines
👨👩👧 Family & connection
❤️Freedom & choice
This Christmas, visitor groups across the UK are still showing up
❗️"I was detained despite having serious health needs and being classified as an ‘adult at risk'." Malachi
Until it ends entirely, it will continue to break lives, strip dignity, and leave people traumatised,long after they leave the walls of the centre
#EndDetention
www.bigissue.com/opinion/vuln...
Until it ends entirely, it will continue to break lives, strip dignity, and leave people traumatised,long after they leave the walls of the centre
#EndDetention
www.bigissue.com/opinion/vuln...
I'm a vulnerable migrant. The Home Office treated me like an animal in a cage
Malachi, a vulnerable migrant, was held in an immigration detention centre by the Home Office. They say they were treated like an animal.
www.bigissue.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:23 AM
❗️"I was detained despite having serious health needs and being classified as an ‘adult at risk'." Malachi
Until it ends entirely, it will continue to break lives, strip dignity, and leave people traumatised,long after they leave the walls of the centre
#EndDetention
www.bigissue.com/opinion/vuln...
Until it ends entirely, it will continue to break lives, strip dignity, and leave people traumatised,long after they leave the walls of the centre
#EndDetention
www.bigissue.com/opinion/vuln...
When the world talks about migrants, it often talks about contribution+integration,but rarely about the harm done in their name
Detained people faces uncertainty, anxiety and limbo-that can destroy hope
This🎄,we share hope with people in detention-one call, one visit, one human connection at a time
Detained people faces uncertainty, anxiety and limbo-that can destroy hope
This🎄,we share hope with people in detention-one call, one visit, one human connection at a time
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
When the world talks about migrants, it often talks about contribution+integration,but rarely about the harm done in their name
Detained people faces uncertainty, anxiety and limbo-that can destroy hope
This🎄,we share hope with people in detention-one call, one visit, one human connection at a time
Detained people faces uncertainty, anxiety and limbo-that can destroy hope
This🎄,we share hope with people in detention-one call, one visit, one human connection at a time
How much more evidence do we need?
The recent High Court rules - Home Office failed to protect vulnerable people in detention.
If a policy causes suffering as a feature, not a flaw, it has no place in a humane society.
www.duncanlewis.co.uk/news/High_Co...
The recent High Court rules - Home Office failed to protect vulnerable people in detention.
If a policy causes suffering as a feature, not a flaw, it has no place in a humane society.
www.duncanlewis.co.uk/news/High_Co...
High Court Rules Home Office Failed to Protect Vulnerable Detainees
High Court Rules Home Office Failed to Protect Vulnerable Detainees
www.duncanlewis.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
How much more evidence do we need?
The recent High Court rules - Home Office failed to protect vulnerable people in detention.
If a policy causes suffering as a feature, not a flaw, it has no place in a humane society.
www.duncanlewis.co.uk/news/High_Co...
The recent High Court rules - Home Office failed to protect vulnerable people in detention.
If a policy causes suffering as a feature, not a flaw, it has no place in a humane society.
www.duncanlewis.co.uk/news/High_Co...
Our commitment to human rights only goes far as how we treat those whose rights are already at risk.
Join us this Human Rights Day in standing with people in immigration detention and donate to our Christmas fundraising appeal: www.justgiving.com/campaign/sha....
#HumanRightsDay
Join us this Human Rights Day in standing with people in immigration detention and donate to our Christmas fundraising appeal: www.justgiving.com/campaign/sha....
#HumanRightsDay
December 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Our commitment to human rights only goes far as how we treat those whose rights are already at risk.
Join us this Human Rights Day in standing with people in immigration detention and donate to our Christmas fundraising appeal: www.justgiving.com/campaign/sha....
#HumanRightsDay
Join us this Human Rights Day in standing with people in immigration detention and donate to our Christmas fundraising appeal: www.justgiving.com/campaign/sha....
#HumanRightsDay
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Connor's story: The weight of Detention
(2/4)
#storytelling #hope #compassion #hopenothate #christmascampaign #raiseawareness
(2/4)
#storytelling #hope #compassion #hopenothate #christmascampaign #raiseawareness
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Connor's story: The weight of Detention
(2/4)
#storytelling #hope #compassion #hopenothate #christmascampaign #raiseawareness
(2/4)
#storytelling #hope #compassion #hopenothate #christmascampaign #raiseawareness
💔Pre-inquest into death of a detained individual at a facility near Gatwick underscores the human cost of a system built on control and containment—not care.
We must stop asking who absorbs the responsibility and start demanding why any human being, is subjected to this
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We must stop asking who absorbs the responsibility and start demanding why any human being, is subjected to this
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Brook House: Hearing into immigration removal centre death
French national Théophile Kaliviotis died at the facility near Gatwick Airport on 27 October 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
💔Pre-inquest into death of a detained individual at a facility near Gatwick underscores the human cost of a system built on control and containment—not care.
We must stop asking who absorbs the responsibility and start demanding why any human being, is subjected to this
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We must stop asking who absorbs the responsibility and start demanding why any human being, is subjected to this
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
📣At the protest this weekend:
"The people of Oxfordshire have made their voices clear, and will continue to do so, that refugees are welcome here. This is meant to be a city of sanctuary. Campsfield is the opposite of sanctuary." @asylumwelcome.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"The people of Oxfordshire have made their voices clear, and will continue to do so, that refugees are welcome here. This is meant to be a city of sanctuary. Campsfield is the opposite of sanctuary." @asylumwelcome.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Protesters oppose immigration removal centre reopening
Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre is due to reopen later this year, after closing in 2018
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
📣At the protest this weekend:
"The people of Oxfordshire have made their voices clear, and will continue to do so, that refugees are welcome here. This is meant to be a city of sanctuary. Campsfield is the opposite of sanctuary." @asylumwelcome.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"The people of Oxfordshire have made their voices clear, and will continue to do so, that refugees are welcome here. This is meant to be a city of sanctuary. Campsfield is the opposite of sanctuary." @asylumwelcome.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Where are we at with trans+ migrants rights? 🏳️⚧️
In our latest Substack blog, we reflect on what the Supreme Court ruling means for trans+ migrants, unpack interim changes to how trans+ people in #detention are treated, and how the Government is erasing gender non-conforming people🗞️ buff.ly/eLRKMrA
In our latest Substack blog, we reflect on what the Supreme Court ruling means for trans+ migrants, unpack interim changes to how trans+ people in #detention are treated, and how the Government is erasing gender non-conforming people🗞️ buff.ly/eLRKMrA
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Where are we at with trans+ migrants rights? 🏳️⚧️
In our latest Substack blog, we reflect on what the Supreme Court ruling means for trans+ migrants, unpack interim changes to how trans+ people in #detention are treated, and how the Government is erasing gender non-conforming people🗞️ buff.ly/eLRKMrA
In our latest Substack blog, we reflect on what the Supreme Court ruling means for trans+ migrants, unpack interim changes to how trans+ people in #detention are treated, and how the Government is erasing gender non-conforming people🗞️ buff.ly/eLRKMrA
What’s unfolding in the UK - attempts to weaken ECHR protections, expand removals, & detention isn’t isolated. Part of the same EU machinery of exclusion the blog exposes: racialised, gendered, and designed to make people disappear.
📃Read here www.equinox-eu.com/building-rou...
📃Read here www.equinox-eu.com/building-rou...
Building Routes of Resistance against the EU Deportation Regime – Equinox
In September, we gathered migrant-led collectives and activists from more than 15 countries in Athens in response to the EU’s deportation regime. In a climate of rising far-right power in Europe, wher...
www.equinox-eu.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
What’s unfolding in the UK - attempts to weaken ECHR protections, expand removals, & detention isn’t isolated. Part of the same EU machinery of exclusion the blog exposes: racialised, gendered, and designed to make people disappear.
📃Read here www.equinox-eu.com/building-rou...
📃Read here www.equinox-eu.com/building-rou...
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(1/3)The Home Secretary’s announcement yesterday denies people seeking safety the stability they need to make a life in the UK. Instead, it feeds the idea that people trying to make a life for themselves in the UK are outsiders rather than future colleagues, neighbours and friends.
#notinourname
#notinourname
November 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
🧡
On our way to Oxford today for this screening of Removed (2025) - a panel digging into the realities of detention, resistance & community care.
Hosted by @bordercrim.bsky.social & Oxford @starnational.bsky.social group.
If you’re nearby, please come through.
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Hosted by @bordercrim.bsky.social & Oxford @starnational.bsky.social group.
If you’re nearby, please come through.
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Keeping Campsfield Closed: Screening of Removed
Monday 17th November, 6-7:30 PMCentre for Criminology, Faculty of Law, St Cross RoadJoin us next
www.law.ox.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
On our way to Oxford today for this screening of Removed (2025) - a panel digging into the realities of detention, resistance & community care.
Hosted by @bordercrim.bsky.social & Oxford @starnational.bsky.social group.
If you’re nearby, please come through.
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Hosted by @bordercrim.bsky.social & Oxford @starnational.bsky.social group.
If you’re nearby, please come through.
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Govt pushing for “tough” asylum plans,but the real danger is the move to rewrite how UK courts apply the ECHR.This won’t stop at deportation cases
Undermine rights for migrants,&you weaken the tools every marginalised group relies on to hold the state to account
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Undermine rights for migrants,&you weaken the tools every marginalised group relies on to hold the state to account
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
No 10 tells Labour MPs it expects support for tough new asylum policies
Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Govt pushing for “tough” asylum plans,but the real danger is the move to rewrite how UK courts apply the ECHR.This won’t stop at deportation cases
Undermine rights for migrants,&you weaken the tools every marginalised group relies on to hold the state to account
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Undermine rights for migrants,&you weaken the tools every marginalised group relies on to hold the state to account
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
"Brook House is a 'money machine,' so they have a vested interest in you staying, not leaving.
A Ghanaian man describes his experience at the #immigration detention centre run by British private security multinational Serco.
Read this analysis from @euobserver.com
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
A Ghanaian man describes his experience at the #immigration detention centre run by British private security multinational Serco.
Read this analysis from @euobserver.com
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
Drugs, violence and profit: Inside Britain’s Brook House detention centre
At the UK's Brook House, migrants describe being trapped in a system driven by profit rather than policy — a place where private companies earn more the longer people are kept in limbo, a new investig...
euobserver.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"Brook House is a 'money machine,' so they have a vested interest in you staying, not leaving.
A Ghanaian man describes his experience at the #immigration detention centre run by British private security multinational Serco.
Read this analysis from @euobserver.com
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
A Ghanaian man describes his experience at the #immigration detention centre run by British private security multinational Serco.
Read this analysis from @euobserver.com
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
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📣 Event alert!
Keeping Campsfield Closed:
Join us on Monday 17 at 18:00 on the reopening of Oxford's local immigration removal centre. We will have a screening of Removed (2025) and a discussion with us, @aviddetention.bsky.social and @closecampsfield.bsky.social
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Keeping Campsfield Closed:
Join us on Monday 17 at 18:00 on the reopening of Oxford's local immigration removal centre. We will have a screening of Removed (2025) and a discussion with us, @aviddetention.bsky.social and @closecampsfield.bsky.social
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
📣 Event alert!
Keeping Campsfield Closed:
Join us on Monday 17 at 18:00 on the reopening of Oxford's local immigration removal centre. We will have a screening of Removed (2025) and a discussion with us, @aviddetention.bsky.social and @closecampsfield.bsky.social
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Keeping Campsfield Closed:
Join us on Monday 17 at 18:00 on the reopening of Oxford's local immigration removal centre. We will have a screening of Removed (2025) and a discussion with us, @aviddetention.bsky.social and @closecampsfield.bsky.social
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...