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We are raising funds to ensure volunteers can have access to support people in immigration detention in the UK. Detention in the UK is indefinite, isolating and harms people's mental health. We advocate for access for volunteers in detention to visit people who are facing detention alone.
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Situation
Detention in the UK is indefinite, so people are cut off from friends and family and do not know when they will be let out, causing extreme mental distress. We advocate for volunteer access to places of detention, so that voluntary groups in our network can visit people, support them emotionally and signpost them to other forms of practical support, like legal advice. As well as being advocates for individuals, visitors act as informal monitors of conditions in detention on behalf of the public.
Solution
Volunteer visitors provide emotional and practical support and are often the only non-official someone in detention can speak to about their case or how they feel. We advocate to ensure visitors groups have independent access to places of detention across the UK and regularly bring local groups together to monitor conditions and treatment of people in detention nationally. We also raise awareness of conditions of immigration detention nationally, speaking out against injustices we witness.