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Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

🗣️"The question is no longer whether detention causes harm. The evidence is clear that it does. The question is what the Government is prepared to do about it." Read our joint op-ed on the HMIP report on the detention of women, @aviddetention.bsky.social @sdvisitors.bsky.social

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Immigration detention is failing women – and the prison watchdog’s report leaves no room for denial

The HM Chief Inspector of Prisons' latest report confirms what women have been saying for years: immigration detention causes profound harm

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Scottish Detainee Visitors @sdvisitors.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Important thread here on a new thematic review on women in detention from HMIP. Along with @4refugeewomen.bsky.social and @aviddetention.bsky.social we’ve long been concerned about the specific harms to women of immigration detention.

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Beyond Detention @beyonddetention.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

We are proud to stand with our colleagues and speak out about the harm caused by the UK-France Returns Agreement. Follow the link in our bio to read our joint statement 🔗

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Scottish Detainee Visitors @sdvisitors.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

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

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Scottish Detainee Visitors @sdvisitors.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

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.

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Scottish Detainee Visitors @sdvisitors.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

The latest detention statistics were out yesterday . . .

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Scottish Detainee Visitors @sdvisitors.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

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

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Scottish Detainee Visitors @sdvisitors.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

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...

Quotes from people in detention about the benficial impact of Scottish Detainee Visitors' visiting service.

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Scottish Detainee Visitors @sdvisitors.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

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

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Scottish Detainee Visitors @sdvisitors.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

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.

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Scottish Detainee Visitors @sdvisitors.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

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!

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Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

🚨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/🧵

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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.

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AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

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

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Migrants' Rights Network @migrantsrights.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

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:

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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.

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Detention Action @detentionaction.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

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.

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Scottish Detainee Visitors @sdvisitors.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Still time to apply for this exciting post!

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AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

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...

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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'...

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Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

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:

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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?

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Bail for Immigration Detainees @biddetention.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

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...

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Automatic Deportation is Heartless 💔

YouTube video by Bail for Immigration Detainees BID

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Scottish Detainee Visitors @sdvisitors.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

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.

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AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

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

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