Scottish Detainee Visitors
@sdvisitors.bsky.social
Supporting people detained by the Immigration Service in Dungavel IRC and influencing policy on detention.
These are dark times for organisations in the immigration sector, and like many small charities, we're finding the funding environment particularly tough.
So we've launched our annual Crowdfunder a bit earlier this year, please share and support us if you can.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/emergency-15
So we've launched our annual Crowdfunder a bit earlier this year, please share and support us if you can.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/emergency-15
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
These are dark times for organisations in the immigration sector, and like many small charities, we're finding the funding environment particularly tough.
So we've launched our annual Crowdfunder a bit earlier this year, please share and support us if you can.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/emergency-15
So we've launched our annual Crowdfunder a bit earlier this year, please share and support us if you can.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/emergency-15
The number of people in immigration detention in Scotland is increasing. These numbers are only half the picture as they don't include people who were previously detained in another centre.
May 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The number of people in immigration detention in Scotland is increasing. These numbers are only half the picture as they don't include people who were previously detained in another centre.
The latest detention statistics were out yesterday . . .
May 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The latest detention statistics were out yesterday . . .
Everyone in immigration detention had a story to tell, family and friends waiting for them and a life to live.
Indefinite detention hurts many people.
#endindefinitedetention #enddetention #therearealternatives
Indefinite detention hurts many people.
#endindefinitedetention #enddetention #therearealternatives
May 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Everyone in immigration detention had a story to tell, family and friends waiting for them and a life to live.
Indefinite detention hurts many people.
#endindefinitedetention #enddetention #therearealternatives
Indefinite detention hurts many people.
#endindefinitedetention #enddetention #therearealternatives
Knowing that someone cares and takes the time to visit #Dungavel makes a real difference to people detained there, as these quotes from people we've visited show.
If you'd like to help us keep making that difference, please consider making a donation.
cafdonate.cafonline.org/19178#!/Dona...
If you'd like to help us keep making that difference, please consider making a donation.
cafdonate.cafonline.org/19178#!/Dona...
May 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Knowing that someone cares and takes the time to visit #Dungavel makes a real difference to people detained there, as these quotes from people we've visited show.
If you'd like to help us keep making that difference, please consider making a donation.
cafdonate.cafonline.org/19178#!/Dona...
If you'd like to help us keep making that difference, please consider making a donation.
cafdonate.cafonline.org/19178#!/Dona...
We're thrilled to have been awarded a grant by Gateway Exchange, administered by @foundationscotland.bsky.social, towards our visiting service to people in Dungavel. The grant will really help us to continue to provide practical, social & emotional support to people detained indefinitely in Scotland
May 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We're thrilled to have been awarded a grant by Gateway Exchange, administered by @foundationscotland.bsky.social, towards our visiting service to people in Dungavel. The grant will really help us to continue to provide practical, social & emotional support to people detained indefinitely in Scotland
This beautiful paper swan, made for us by someone we visited in Dungavel, looks great in our new office with a view of the City Chambers behind it.
April 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This beautiful paper swan, made for us by someone we visited in Dungavel, looks great in our new office with a view of the City Chambers behind it.
It’s moving day! Today we move into our new office. We’re sharing with our lovely friends at Refuweegee, in their fab new space at 24 George Square.
We’ll be unpacking and getting ourselves sorted over the next couple of days.
Exciting times!
We’ll be unpacking and getting ourselves sorted over the next couple of days.
Exciting times!
March 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It’s moving day! Today we move into our new office. We’re sharing with our lovely friends at Refuweegee, in their fab new space at 24 George Square.
We’ll be unpacking and getting ourselves sorted over the next couple of days.
Exciting times!
We’ll be unpacking and getting ourselves sorted over the next couple of days.
Exciting times!
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🚨Launched today!
Our report, #ADecadeOfHarm, uncovers:
❌Shocking new findings about the impact of immigration detention on women seeking safety,
❌and the extremely concerning gaps between Home Office policy and practice.
Find out more👇
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/decade-of-ha... 1/🧵
Our report, #ADecadeOfHarm, uncovers:
❌Shocking new findings about the impact of immigration detention on women seeking safety,
❌and the extremely concerning gaps between Home Office policy and practice.
Find out more👇
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/decade-of-ha... 1/🧵
Women for Refugee Women : A Decade of Harm: Survivors of gender-based violence locked up in immigration detention
New research uncovers the extremely concerning gap between Home Office policy and practice in immigration detention centres.
www.refugeewomen.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🚨Launched today!
Our report, #ADecadeOfHarm, uncovers:
❌Shocking new findings about the impact of immigration detention on women seeking safety,
❌and the extremely concerning gaps between Home Office policy and practice.
Find out more👇
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/decade-of-ha... 1/🧵
Our report, #ADecadeOfHarm, uncovers:
❌Shocking new findings about the impact of immigration detention on women seeking safety,
❌and the extremely concerning gaps between Home Office policy and practice.
Find out more👇
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/decade-of-ha... 1/🧵
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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
November 12, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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
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We’ve let the Government know what we think of the Border Security Bill. But we can’t do this alone. We call on all those who stand in solidarity with migrants to email their MP using our ‘write to your MP’ tool via the link in bio: buff.ly/jQ5EBNv
Watch our full video explainer:
Watch our full video explainer:
Protection not Punishment. Say no to the Border Security Bill - Migrants' Rights Network
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (a.k.a. Border Security Bill) is going through Parliament. Ask your MP to vote against it.
buff.ly
March 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
We’ve let the Government know what we think of the Border Security Bill. But we can’t do this alone. We call on all those who stand in solidarity with migrants to email their MP using our ‘write to your MP’ tool via the link in bio: buff.ly/jQ5EBNv
Watch our full video explainer:
Watch our full video explainer:
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Many cells in UK detention centres are smaller than an average parking space. People are detained there by the Home Office without a time limit, often for months or years at a time, locked in that tiny space for up to 12 hours a day. This has to stop. It's time for a time limit.
March 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Many cells in UK detention centres are smaller than an average parking space. People are detained there by the Home Office without a time limit, often for months or years at a time, locked in that tiny space for up to 12 hours a day. This has to stop. It's time for a time limit.
Still time to apply for this exciting post!
We are hiring! Please share this role within your network.
📑Job Title: Senior Network Co-ordinator
👇How to apply: send us a CV and Cover letter - find out more on the role below.
🕙 Deadline for applications: End of day, 10th March 2025.
#CharityJobs
www.aviddetention.org.uk/article/join...
📑Job Title: Senior Network Co-ordinator
👇How to apply: send us a CV and Cover letter - find out more on the role below.
🕙 Deadline for applications: End of day, 10th March 2025.
#CharityJobs
www.aviddetention.org.uk/article/join...
Join the AVID team as Senior Network Coordinator
We are looking for someone to join our small and agile team as Senior Network Coordinator. We are looking for someone to fulfil this dynamic role.
www.aviddetention.org.uk
March 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Still time to apply for this exciting post!
Head over to our website to read our new blog on the latest govt detention stats, out yesterday, comparing them to our own visit stats for 2024.
sdv.org.uk/latest-news/...
sdv.org.uk/latest-news/...
Immigration detention in 2024: a look at Home Office and SDV statistics — Scottish Detainee Visitors
In our latest blog, SDV director Kate Alexander, takes a look at the Home Office detention statistics, released yesterday and compares them to our own visit statistics for 2024.
sdv.org.uk
February 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Head over to our website to read our new blog on the latest govt detention stats, out yesterday, comparing them to our own visit stats for 2024.
sdv.org.uk/latest-news/...
sdv.org.uk/latest-news/...
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What's your plan for this #InternationalWomensDay? Be among the first to watch Removed, an animation that tells the stories of many through the voice of one woman—Hope—followed by a long table discussion to be an expert and a participant!
Find out more here👇
www.aviddetention.org.uk/article/avid...
Find out more here👇
www.aviddetention.org.uk/article/avid...
AVIDs annual general meeting (AGM) and Screening of Removed (animation)
Join AVID for our annual general meeting (AGM) and premiere of Removed, a new animation which confronts viewers with what it is like to be detained. Taking place in the lead up to International Women'...
www.aviddetention.org.uk
February 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
What's your plan for this #InternationalWomensDay? Be among the first to watch Removed, an animation that tells the stories of many through the voice of one woman—Hope—followed by a long table discussion to be an expert and a participant!
Find out more here👇
www.aviddetention.org.uk/article/avid...
Find out more here👇
www.aviddetention.org.uk/article/avid...
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Could you be Co-Chair for our Board of Trustees?
If you're strategically minded, passionate about refugee women's rights, and keen to make a difference, we'd love to hear from you!
Find out more and apply now:
If you're strategically minded, passionate about refugee women's rights, and keen to make a difference, we'd love to hear from you!
Find out more and apply now:
Women for Refugee Women : We're looking for a Co-Chair of our Board of Trustees
We're looking for a Co-Chair for our Board of Trustees. Could this be you?
buff.ly
February 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Could you be Co-Chair for our Board of Trustees?
If you're strategically minded, passionate about refugee women's rights, and keen to make a difference, we'd love to hear from you!
Find out more and apply now:
If you're strategically minded, passionate about refugee women's rights, and keen to make a difference, we'd love to hear from you!
Find out more and apply now:
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Automatic deportation is heartless 💔
For #ValentinesDay, we asked people about the policy removing people from the UK without automatic legal advice, including those born/raised here, survivors of torture & more.
How would you feel if this happened to someone you love?
youtube.com/shorts/CJNmL...
For #ValentinesDay, we asked people about the policy removing people from the UK without automatic legal advice, including those born/raised here, survivors of torture & more.
How would you feel if this happened to someone you love?
youtube.com/shorts/CJNmL...
Automatic Deportation is Heartless 💔
YouTube video by Bail for Immigration Detainees BID
youtube.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Automatic deportation is heartless 💔
For #ValentinesDay, we asked people about the policy removing people from the UK without automatic legal advice, including those born/raised here, survivors of torture & more.
How would you feel if this happened to someone you love?
youtube.com/shorts/CJNmL...
For #ValentinesDay, we asked people about the policy removing people from the UK without automatic legal advice, including those born/raised here, survivors of torture & more.
How would you feel if this happened to someone you love?
youtube.com/shorts/CJNmL...
On Valentine's Day, we're thinking about all the people in detention not able to be with their partners.
We do our best to support the people we visit in Dungavel, but it can't make up for being separated from the people they love, not knowing how long that separation will last.
We do our best to support the people we visit in Dungavel, but it can't make up for being separated from the people they love, not knowing how long that separation will last.
February 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
On Valentine's Day, we're thinking about all the people in detention not able to be with their partners.
We do our best to support the people we visit in Dungavel, but it can't make up for being separated from the people they love, not knowing how long that separation will last.
We do our best to support the people we visit in Dungavel, but it can't make up for being separated from the people they love, not knowing how long that separation will last.
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Our Annual Conference just wrapped up this week, and we are leaving with fire, strategy and radical hope.
As the UK doubles down on detention, we are growing stronger, bolder & more connected in our fight for freedom & dignity.
🛑 No one should be locked up for seeking safety.
#ImmigrationDetention
As the UK doubles down on detention, we are growing stronger, bolder & more connected in our fight for freedom & dignity.
🛑 No one should be locked up for seeking safety.
#ImmigrationDetention
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Our Annual Conference just wrapped up this week, and we are leaving with fire, strategy and radical hope.
As the UK doubles down on detention, we are growing stronger, bolder & more connected in our fight for freedom & dignity.
🛑 No one should be locked up for seeking safety.
#ImmigrationDetention
As the UK doubles down on detention, we are growing stronger, bolder & more connected in our fight for freedom & dignity.
🛑 No one should be locked up for seeking safety.
#ImmigrationDetention