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Join us this evening, from 4pm-8pm, to say #NoToHassockfield on #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2021 #March4Women #ChooseToChallenge 👇 
On #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2021 Agnes Tonah's words are more important than ever: "...detention destroys a woman. Women become depressed and suicidal in detention." #ChooseToChallenge #March4Women
Sign her petition saying #NoToHassockfield👇
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Sign her petition saying #NoToHassockfield👇
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Rosie Newbigging, from the #YarlsWood campaign, says #NoToHassockfield because: "The plan for IRC Hassockfield must be defeated. People fleeing war, persecution and torture need kindness and compassion, not banished to remote prison like accommodation" #IWD2021 #ChoosetoChallenge
Did you know that the Home Office are turning what was Medomsley Detention Centre into an Immigration Detention Centre?
Stay tuned for more information on #NoToHassockfield 👇
Stay tuned for more information on #NoToHassockfield 👇
We’ve had some fantastic help from NGOS, members of the public and more. We agree w/Rosie from the #YarlsWood campaign - people fleeing war, persecution, torture, human trafficking and abject poverty deserve to be treated with humanity and dignity #NoToHassockfield
In the middle of February this year, we welcomed @AlfDubs to speak to us, you can find his article about #AsylumDetention below #NoToHassockfield 👇
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Spent 2day following up w/ cross channel refugees detained in #Yarlswood - picture emerging of vulnerable people denied right to legal reps & contact with outside world in drive to deport as quickly as possible. Here are some of things we’ve learned... (thread 1/9) #EndDetention
Detainees being told that detention in hotels after #yarlswood will b for 14day “quarantine” - even those w/ families & addresses told they must go to hotel (we know it’s because it is easier to raid a hotel & pick everyone up at once for a charter flight) (2/9)
One detainee had asylum screening today & only after that was given list of solicitors but told he was not allowed to call them till AFTER his 14 day quarantine period #EndDetention #RefugeesWelcome #StopCharterFlights (3/9)
My name is Mariam and I am seeking safety in the UK. Please share my story using #SetHerFree
I had to flee from Somalia because I belonged to a minority tribe that was suffering war and rape. We fled to Kenya, but it was not safe for us there either and I ended up being taken to the UK.
#SetHerFree
#SetHerFree
I had never left my home country before. Coming to the UK was a whole new world for me. I thought I would be safe because the travel took a long time so I knew I was going far away from the problems and I would now be far away from my perpetrators.
#SetHerFree
#SetHerFree
Welcome to the @4refugeewomen takeover of the @EverydaySexism account! Tonight three women will share their stories of what it is like to be locked up in immigration detention.
Join the conversation by using #SetHerFree
Join the conversation by using #SetHerFree
Near Bedford, on an industrial estate that was a former military research facility, there is a detention centre for women called #YarlsWood.
Here, over 1500 women who have come to the UK to escape persecution are locked up each year.
#SetHerFree
Here, over 1500 women who have come to the UK to escape persecution are locked up each year.
#SetHerFree
There is no time limit on immigration detention in the UK, so women can be locked up for weeks, months or even years.
The UK is the only country in Europe with no time limit on detention. This is a human rights scandal.
#SetHerFree #Time4aTimeLimit
The UK is the only country in Europe with no time limit on detention. This is a human rights scandal.
#SetHerFree #Time4aTimeLimit
