On the same day that Boris Johnson took the unprecedented step of closing all pubs and restaurants in the country, everyone in the immigration detention center where I was once held received a text asking them to gather for a ‘BBQ with free ice cream’. It was a bizarre move, not only because of the […]
Rt Hon Priti Patel MP Home Secretary Dear Home Secretary, We, Freed Voices, are writing to express our concern regarding the serious risks posed by Covid-19 to those who continue to be held in Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs) across the UK. The risk to life in IRCs has been made clear by independent experts.[1] As […]
by Mr. Njoku, Freed Voices Campaigner I would like to express my deepest sympathy and warmest solidarity to brothers and sisters locked up in the UK’s Immigration detention during this Covid-19 pandemic. Indefinite immigration detention is inhumane and goes against basic human rights. I am one of you. I passed through those same gates and […]
We, Freed Voices, go into 2020 determined to stand up for people in detention. We know we are not alone. 2019 has almost come to an end, and we’re looking ahead to the immense challenges of 2020. Indefinite immigration detention still exists in the UK on an almost unfathomable scale – around 24,000 people locked […]
from Freed Voices We are Freed Voices, a group of experts-by-experience committed to speaking out about the realities of immigration detention in the UK and calling for reform. At a recent meeting of our group, we added up the number of years we spent between us in immigration detention in this country. With just a […]
