Annual review highlights failures to protect vulnerable people in detention
Medical Justice’s annual review, published for the first time today, highlights how failures in clinical safeguards…
Annual Report | Financial Year February 2024 – January 2025
Read the Annual Report here The Medical Justice Financial Year ending 31st January 2025 Annual Report…
Supreme Court favourable decision in Medical Justice’s judicial review
Medical Justice welcomes the Supreme Court’s decision to refuse the Home Office permission to appeal a…
London Legal Walk 2025 | Medical Justice
This year we are celebrating our 20th anniversary and will be walking 10km on Tuesday 17th…
Vacancy | Head of Operations
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Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2025 – Medical Justice’s work so far
Introduced in January 2025, the government’s new Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill includes a number…
Induction Training Day For Interpreters – April 2025
Our Induction Training Day is for new volunteer interpreters who are joining Medical Justice. By joining…
Court of Appeal: Home Office failure to consult Medical Justice unlawful
Medical Justice establishes the right to be consulted by the Home Office on its ‘Adults at…
Basic Training Day For Clinicians
We are very pleased to announce details of our next Basic Training Day which will take…
Home Affairs Committee inquiry into Human Trafficking
Evidence from the Taskforce on Victims of Human Trafficking in Immigration Detention The Detention Taskforce on…
Submission from Medical Justice and others to the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee about Short-term Holding Facilities (Amendment) Rules 2022
In December 2022, the government laid secondary legislation creating a new category of Short-term Holding Facility…
Medical Justice evidence for the Joint Human Rights Committee – Inquiry into the Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UK
The Commons’ and Lords’ Joint Committee on Human Rights is conducting an inquiry into the rights…
Medical Justice evidence about the Rwanda policy for the Lords International Agreements Committee
The House of Lords International Agreements Committee is currently conducting an inquiry into the government’s Rwanda…
Medical Justice evidence about the Rwanda policy for the Justice and Home Affairs Committee
The House of Lords’ Justice and Home Affairs Committee is currently conducting an inquiry into family…
Medical Justice oral and written evidence about the Rwanda policy for the Home Affairs Committee
The House of Commons’ Home Affairs Committee is running an inquiry looking at the latest developments…
Closing Statement in the Brook House Inquiry
The Closing Statement on behalf of Medical Justice was heard yesterday – our points included are below.…
Human Rights Acts Consultation Submission
The government plans to replace the Human Rights Act with a new Bill of Rights. The…
MoJ White Paper
Medical Justice sent a joint submission with Bail for Immigration Detainees to the Ministry of Justice’s…
Court of Appeal: Home Office failure to consult Medical Justice unlawful
Medical Justice establishes the right to be consulted by the Home Office on its ‘Adults at…
The APPG on Immigration Detention has been re-established in the new Parliament
On 2 December 2024, parliamentarians held a meeting to re-establish the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on…
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Immigration Detention statistics collated through Freedom of Information Requests
Medical Justice publishes new resource on Home Office Immigration Detention statistics collated through Freedom of Information…
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Frank Ospina killed himself following multiple clinical safeguarding failures that contributed to his death
The Home Office locked Frank up in an environment known to cause severe harm co, then…
Vacancy | Clinical Assessor – Psychologist
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Vacancy | Casework Traineeship (Lived Experience)
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‘Fictional’ process to exclude vulnerable from immigration detention signals little hope for Rwanda deportees
The Medical Justice “Harmed Not Heard” report published today, 25th April 2022, evidences that the Home…
Detained and Discarded Report Released
New research published today by Medical Justice shows that Home Office failings have led to the…
“Every day is like torture”
Solitary confinement & Immigration detention New research published today by Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) and…
Brook House Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) is a COVID-19 outbreak centre
After guidance from Public Health England, Brook House IRC has been deemed as an outbreak centre…
Court of Appeal quashes policy that led to removing migrants from the UK without access to justice
In a unanimous decision, the Court of Appeal today quashed the Judicial Review and Injunctions (JRI)…
Response To Independent Chief Inspector’s Audit On Home Office’s Adults At Risk policy
Medical Justice statement on today’s (29th April 2020) publication of the Independent Chief Inspector’s audit report on…
Second confirmed COVID-19 case in immigration detention
Tragedy could be avoided if all release detainees A second Covid-19 case in immigration detention has…
Joint Letter to Home Office Regarding COVID-19 Response
Medical Justice, BID and ILPA have written today to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at…
Home Affairs Committee Inquiry
Home Affairs Committee Inquiry into Home Office preparedness for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) An immigration detainee has already…