First Registered: 19/06/2019 • Last updated on: 10/03/2021
To raise awareness in parliament about immigration detention in the UK and its impacts; to connect parliamentarians with relevant research, organisations and experts, including people with lived experience of detention; and to advocate for evidence-based policy reforms and the welfare of detainees.
1. Notices of Amendments as at 15 March 2019
18/03/2019 - Bill Documents
Found: Initial detention: cr
iteria and duration
Timelimit on immigration detention
2. Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2019
15/03/2019 - Bill Documents
Found: Initial detention: cr
iteria and duration
Timelimit on immigration detention
3. Notices of Amendments as at 19 March 2019
20/03/2019 - Bill Documents
Found:
Initial detention: cr
iteria and duration
4. Notices of Amendments as at 18 March 2019
19/03/2019 - Bill Documents
Found: continued
Initial detention: cr
iteria and duration
5. Notices of Amendments as at 19 June 2020
22/06/2020 - Bill Documents
Found:
continued
Initial detention: criteria and duration
1. Immigration Detention: Trafficking and Modern Slavery
09/07/2019 - Westminster Hall
1: That this House has considered the immigration detention of survivors of trafficking and modern slavery - Speech Link
2: That this House has considered the immigration detention of survivors of trafficking and modern slavery - Speech Link
3: responsibilities—for modern slavery and for immigration enforcement—sit uncomfortably within the Home - Speech Link
2. Immigration Detention: Victims of Modern Slavery
17/07/2019 - Commons Chamber
1: are determined to stamp it out. In my role as Immigration Minister, I am especially aware of the shocking - Speech Link
2: year, the Immigration Minister provided a written answer on the possible immigration detention of persons - Speech Link
3. Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Ninth sitting)
05/03/2019 - Public Bill Committees
1: clauses.New Clause 1Time limit on detention for EEA and Swiss nationals“(1) The Secretary - Speech Link
4. Immigration: Detainee Support
07/07/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: are taking to ensure that no detainee of an immigration removal centre is released without support for - Speech Link
2: Inspector of Prisons about the situation in immigration and detention centres during the pandemic, and the report - Speech Link
3: arbitrary nature of the Home Office’s approach to detention and shown it to be both cruel and unnecessary - Speech Link
5. Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
30/06/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: used solely for this purpose and no further immigration control purpose.(5) Any child subject - Speech Link
2: in the United Kingdom in accordance with the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016;(ii) - Speech Link
Registered Contact:
Alison Thewliss MP, House of Commons , London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 6447.
Email: alison.thewliss.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Elspeth Macdonald, Medical Justice, Durham Road Resource Centre, 86 Durham Road, London N7 7DT. Tel: 020 7561 7482
Email: contact@appgdetention.org.uk
Secretariat:
Medical Justice acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.medicaljustice.org.uk/
Group's Website:
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Immigration Detention APPG