Detention

KEY DETENTION DOCUMENTS
DETENTION CENTRE RULES 2001

Secondary legislation regulating immigration detention including detention reviews and reporting duties on detention centre GPs

ADULTS AT RISK IN IMMIGRATION DETENTION

Starting point for securing the release of a vulnerable detainee

COUNTRY RETURNS GUIDE

Regularly updated information about timescale for Emergency Travel Documents

REMOVAL FROM ASSOCIATION POLICY

Regulations about the use of Rule 40 and 42 to segregate detainees

APPENDIX V

The Immigration Rules on visit visas

Key posts on detention

BAIL FOR IMMIGRATION DETAINEES (BID)
BID SELF HELP GUIDE TO BAIL - HOW TO GET OUT OF DETENTION

BID's comprehensive guide to applying for immigration bail

INFORMATION FOR IMMIGRATION DETAINEES HELD IN PRISONS

Information and specific guidance for individuals held in prison under immigration powers

A GUIDE TO RELEASE FROM DETENTION – ACCOMMODATION AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT LEAFLET

If a bail application succeeds you may need help working out what to do next

B1 APPLICATION FORM (PDF)

Application form for bail in pdf format

B1 APPLICATION FORM (WORD)

Application form for bail in Word format

In the case of R (On the Application Of Medical Justice) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 38 (Admin), handed down

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19th January 2024
BY Jed Pennington

In Oluponle v Home Office [2023] EWHC 3188 (KB), the claimant was awarded £20,000 for 60 days’ false imprisonment. Several helpful comments were made on

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4th January 2024
BY Alex Schymyck

The High Court has issued a damning interim relief decision with a laundry list of Home Office failures in a case challenging the detention of

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21st December 2023
BY Sonia Lenegan

The Independent Monitoring Boards have published their National Annual Report for 2022 on the immigration detention estate and concerns have been raised in relation to

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19th December 2023
BY Sonia Lenegan

This article provides an overview of some of the safeguards available for those who are held in immigration detention, focussing particularly on those who have

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18th December 2023
BY Beth Mullan-Feroze

Here, we look at the practicalities involved in getting a good medico-legal report. We have previously explained what a medico-legal report is and that article

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24th October 2023
BY Beth Mullan-Feroze