n/a

yarl's wood

March 27, 2018

Government drafting new definition of what constitutes torture

Campaigners say a badly drafted definition of torture may lead to more torture survivors being locked up in immigration detention.
March 31, 2015

Magna Carta and justice denied

On Panorama recently, senior judges warned that cuts to legal aid have undermined the principle of equal access to
July 6, 2010

Labour leadership candidates compete for Christian support

All five candidates for the Labour leadership have placed a strong emphasis on “values” while pitching for Christian support at a hustings run by the Christian Socialist Movement.
May 27, 2010

Immigration officials accused of traumatising three-year-old child

A three-year-old Iranian child living in Britain is reported to have eaten hardly anything for two weeks after being traumatised by a raid on her home by UK immigration officials.
May 19, 2010

Concerns expressed over announcement of end to child detention

Following the news of an end to child detention in Dungavel, a Scottish group have said this may just mean a transfer of the practice to England.
February 24, 2010

Why the Prime Minister needs to repent over child migrants

Gordon Brown’s apology in the House of Commons today is likely to be met with debate and comment about the extent to which a political leader can apologise for the wrongdoings of another government. It has certainly done so in the past over such issues as the transatlantic slave trade.
February 17, 2010

Children's Commissioner calls for an end to child detention

Yarl's Wood detention centre, in Bedfordshire, remains "no place for a child", the children's commissioner for England has said in a new report published today.
December 17, 2009

It's the story, not the scoop, that counts

It seems we have had a run of scoops on the Ekklesia web site in the last couple of weeks.
December 4, 2009

Which one's Nick?

I hear from Citizens for Sancuary that fresh from his outing to Yarl's Wood Detention Centre today where he caused a bit of a stir, St Nick will be h
December 4, 2009

Bah humbug! St Nick prevented from giving gifts to detained children

The patron saint of children and the imprisoned - and the inspiration for the modern day Father Christmas - St Nicholas was turned away at the gate of the Yarl’s Wood Detention Centre when he tried to deliver gifts to the children inside.