All the latest AVID events, for our members and beyond....
A Day of Mourning and Action Yesterday was a day of grief. Five people lost their lives i...
In January of this year, we were joined by the Chair of the Brook House Inquiry, Kate Eve...
As Mother's Day recently passed, it's crucial to shed light on the mothers who go...
Annual Report
Introducing the research The current climate presents new and urgent challenges for the m...
Gemma Goodwin discusses solidarity work in the face of the changing nature of detention. ...
We welcome the Supreme Court’s ruling against the Rwanda Plan. The implementation o...
Follow up to the letter - what did we do next? Find out here...
We are heartbroken to hear that a 37-year-old Albanian man detained at Brook House IRC died in the hospital on Friday [17th November 2023]
Date: Monday, 24th July 2023 Read the full letter here. In a poignant letter addressed to...
Gee Manoharan annouced as the new Co-Director for Policy and Influencing
We demand more than just words of sympathy and condemnation.
This blog takes you on a journey through my first year as the Member Development Coordinator at AVID.
We’re pleased to announce our AVID Winter School 2023/4 - A series of winter conver...
The release of the Brook House Inquiry report is a hugely significant moment. It is the f...
Last week, the Illegal Migration Bill, essentially a Refugee Ban Bill, was voted through ...
AVID's response to The Court of appeal ruling that it is unlawful to remove people to Rwanda.
An opinion piece about news reports of riots in a detention centres and escape from YW IRC
Are you ready to take on a powerful role in the fight against immigration detention? Look no further than our Communications Co-ordinator position.
In recent years, the UK has seen a rise in the number of people seeking sanctuary within ...
This is our comment on the government's plan on ' Vessel to accommodate migrants'
Statement on newly revealed rooms as part of the Rwanda plan A short read = 03 mins.
We extend our deepest condolences to Lord Ramsbottom's family and friends during this difficult time.
Statement on the Holocaust Memorial Day 2023 - short read 4mins
Statement on Haslar IRC reopening. A short read: 2mins
No one has yet been put on a plane to Rwanda, but the threat has already caused devastation
We are heartbroken to hear that a man detained at Manston short-term holding facility
What do they tell us? Numbers entering Detention In keeping with our previous analysis of...
These are the steps that we took: (A long read – 07 mins)
A blog by Miranda Reilly, Director Visiting Immigration Removal Centres for the first tim...
There is nothing ‘World-leading’ or ‘Innovative’ about hand-washi...
The Home Office has published its latest quarterly statistics on detention for the first ...
Since starting at AVID, I have been meeting with our members and been inspired by their determination to resist these policies and create an immigration environment that welcomes, using diverse means to do so.
Join a dynamic team to support developing visitor groups in the AVID network. As the poli...
The Home Office has released its statistics on immigration detention for the year up unti...
We joined more than 100 charities and human rights organisations in writing to the Home S...
On Monday, the Home Secretary’s Nationality and Borders Bill had its second reading...
This blog was originally published as part of Good Vibrations' Creative Justice blog ...
Available now Are you supporting someone held in immigration detention, or want to know m...
The grassroots organisations in our network build communities of welcome to support peopl...
If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that the smallest things can make the ...
Last week, Home Secretary Priti Patel announced a public consultation on her ‘New P...
Hidden behind and within the global health crisis last year, we observed some worrying ch...
Over the last few months, the Home Office has made a series of increasingly ad hoc change...
The Home Office has released its statistics on immigration detention in the fourth quarte...
My name is Rosalind. I’m 8 years old and live on a farm in Devon. I’ve just f...
We are all (almost certainly) aware of Brexit, and (probably) of the fact that EU nationa...
UK to open first detention centre in seven years Following weeks of rumours, it was confi...
Clara Della Croce, Prisoner and Detainee Project Co-ordinator at Asylum Welcome, writes a...
Chris from Manchester Immigration Detention Support Team (MIDST) writes about his experie...
We are gravely concerned to hear that the Home Office is using emergency planning regulat...
Eiri Ohtani is a strategist and advocate in the migration and refugee justice field, and ...
On the 8th of December we sent a letter co-signed by more than 60 organisations to the Im...
In March, we called for an immediate halt to all removals, and for the release of everyon...
Today, we sent a letter to the Immigration Minister and Shadow Home Secretary highlightin...
Despite a global pandemic, detention and deportations are taking place at an increased pa...
Inadequate accommodation and lack of support leaves vulnerable people at risk. We are hea...
On Tuesday 10th November we held our AGM followed by a webinar on the subject of immigrat...
Do you work in the community with people at risk of detention? Or in a detention centre? ...
In April 2020, 340 people, the equivalent of a large detention centre, were still being held in immigration detention in prison.
We are absolutely devastated following the deaths of at least four people, including two ...
Report finds lack of government support leaves migrants extremely vulnerable during the p...
On behalf of Morton Hall Detainee Visitors Group New Trustees Wanted We are looking for n...
We are extremely grateful to the University of Oxford’s Border Criminologies projec...
Read our joint letter to the Home Office Earlier this summer, we signed a joint letter to...
Webinar Series on Charter flights, access to legal advice and the risk of transfer to an EU country.
47 visitors groups in UK & US demand action!
New online webinar focusing on supporting LGBTQI+ people in detention. It will be delivered by UKLGIG...
Another detention centre closure: Morton Hall IRC is to be handed back to HMPPS in summer...
Will Neal, Detention Outreach Officer at Jesuit Refugee Service UK, highlights that the f...
Kate Alexander, Director of Scottish Detainee Visitors, shares her thoughts on supporting...
Ishiaba Kasonga of Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group considers how people in detention are ...
AVID is in solidarity with all those standing up to systemic racism and injustice, follow...
A new paper published today reveals that the Home Office has detained 295 people since th...
The BBC Panorama documentary Under-cover: Britain’s Immigration Secrets in 2017 unc...
“We are concerned that if the situation is not addressed with some urgency, alongsi...
AVID calls for an immediate halt to all removals, and for the release of all immigration ...
This training will be delivered by the Samaritans, focusing on managing sucidal conversation with vulnerble people in detention...
AVID statement: in memory of the 39 people who died trying to reach the UK Police have re...
Celebrating 25 years of volunteer visiting. All are welcome to join us....booking essenti...
Skills Share for AVID members Drop-in support - benefits and challenges for visitors grou...
AVID is pleased to let the members know that we are partnering with the Take Action Group...
We are pleased to let our member groups know that we are partnering with the Refugee Coun...
Digging beneath the detention statistics, 2019: what has changed? Official statistics rel...
AVID’s newest member, Jewish Detention Visitors, have written this guest blog on th...
The Government has announced the closure of Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre i...
Tailored training for visitors - 16th Oct 2018, @18:30.
Annual General Meeting 2018: Detention, Activism, and lived experience All are welcome!
This month we are sharing this space - with the 28 Tales for 28 Days project!
Gee Manoharan, AVID's Training and Membership Coordinator, is moving to Birmingham! We are recruiting!
AVID is looking for a volunteer fundraiser.
Opinion on Shaw II - Radical reform is long overdue!
Statelessness Awareness Training.
Blog post on Refugee Tales Walk
The Home Secretary Sajid Javid has today laid before parliament the follow up report to t...
Subjecting someone to a period of indefinite detention contrasts utterly with the princip...
Refugee Tales is an outreach project of our member group, Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group...
AVID is fundraising with the Workers Beer Company, which allows charities like us to rais...
Blog post by Beatrice Grasso, Detention Outreach Manager for JRS UK
AVID is looking to recruit a Treasurer - to support the work of our small, national chari...
AVID was delighted to offer a free training for visitors groups from all over the UK. On ...
We heard last month that the hunger strike at Yarl’s Wood was to end, but that the ...
On Tuesday March 20th, the Home Affairs Committee took evidence from Medical Justice, Bai...
HMIP has released its report on its 2017 inspection of Harmondsworth Immigration Removal ...
Training for visitors!
We have collected a selection of news stories and opinion editorials about immigration de...
Below are the summaries of reports and research studies published in late 2017 British Me...
Event: Training for Visitors: Conversation with Vulnerable People As part of the programm...
“I’m not what I was. Sometimes I think that there is a banner on my face, eve...
AVID was delighted to partner with The Public Law Project (PLP) to offer a free training ...
We are delighted to launch a new initiative - the AVID skillshare programme - open to all...
AVID is pleased to let the members know that we are partnering with the Public Law Projec...
Two fantastic vacancies with the AVID team! AVID is looking to expand our small team, by ...
Indefinite detention and broken promises of reform AVID statement in response to BBC Pano...
Scottish Detainee Visitors relies mainly on the work of the volunteers to deliver one to ...
SOAS Detainee Support group is a student-led organisation based at the University of Lond...
SOAS Detainee Support group is a student-led organization based at the University of Lond...
This event was organised by the Larne House Visitors Group as part of Refugee Week 2017. ...
Yarls Wood Befrienders: Three events for Refugee Week 2017 Yarl's Wood Befrienders is...
Yarl's Wood Befrienders are holding their annual general meeting on Wednesday 5th Jul...
Morton Hall Visitors group is a small volunteer led visitors group based in Nottingham. T...
Full House! Standing Room only at Verne Visitors Group Awareness Raising Meeting Verne Vi...
Comment – Government awards contract for welfare services in Tinsley House Family U...
The wonderful Refugee Tales returns in 2017, a series of walks, readings and events that ...
Current Opportunities: Board Member: Treasurer A vacancy has arisen on our Board of Trust...
Larne House Visitors Group and Scottish Detainee Visitors: awareness raising event, 9th D...
The Habeas Corpus Project is a law centre providing pro-bono legal representation to immi...
This month we were pleased to see media coverage of the work of two visitors groups, Larn...
The Government has announced plans to close Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), in...
In 2020, people in detention suddenly became more isolated than ever, as the pandemic beg...