Saturday 23rd November 2024
9:30 am - 5:30 pm
“You’ll see the outside when you’re in Rwanda”
"You'll see the outside when you're in Rwanda": Mistreatment in UK detention and mass round ups…
Induction Training Day For Interpreters
Our Induction Training Day is for new volunteer interpreters who are joining Medical Justice. By joining…
Basic Training Day For Clinicians
We are very pleased to announce details of our next Basic Training Day which will take…
Vacancy | Head of Advocacy
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Annual Report | Financial Year February 2023 – January 2024
Printed before the change in government. Read the Annual Report here 563 clients assisted - we…
Vacancy | Caseworker
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Submission to SLSC about changes to the Adults at Risk in Immigration Detention policy
In early May, Medical Justice submitted evidence to the House of Lord’s Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee…
Joint briefing for parliamentarians on changes to the Adults at Risk in Immigration Detention policy
In collaboration with ten other NGOs, Medical Justice has produced a joint briefing for parliamentarians about…
BBC reveals massive scale of Use of Force training for forcing vulnerable people onto Rwanda deportation flights
Medical Justice exposes Home Office dangerous Use of Force policy ignores Brook House Inquiry recommendations The…
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…
Home Office weakens protections against detention for potential victims of trafficking
Today the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee will be discussing the Statutory Instrument that will bring into…
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BMA says immigration detention is a “national disgrace” and must be “phased out and abolished”
Recording now available of the recent Medical Justice joint event with the British Medical Association (BMA)…
Joint briefing with the Chair of the Brook House Inquiry
“Places of detention are the hidden spaces in our society… They are places where communication is…
House of Lords debates the Brook House Inquiry report
An important cross-party debate in the House of Lords on the findings and recommendations of the Brook…
‘Constantly on edge’: The expansion of GPS tagging and the rollout of non-fitted devices
Government doubles down on experimental surveillance tech to track migrants ‘Constantly on Edge’, the latest report…
Yet another death in detention: safeguards do not function
The planned increase in detention risks a rising death roll Trigger warning – this post includes…
Immigration Detention in the EU – Conference
Equal Rights Beyond Borders and Diakonie Deutschland hosted a conference on immigration detention on the Greek…
Brook House Inquiry Report & Frank Ospina Media Coverage
Below is a summary of media coverage that Medical Justice contributed to in the run-up to…
Dossier evidencing ongoing failures in immigration detention
View the dossier here Medical Justice's recent evidence exposes how clinical safeguards, designed to identify, protect and route people vulnerable…
Permission granted in Medical Justice judicial review of the second opinion medical reports policy
Medical Justice have been represented by Wilson Solicitors in a challenge to Home Office guidance providing…
“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…
Detainees At Risk From COVID-19
Medical Justice demands release of all immigration detainees to prevent an outbreak of COVID-19 inside detention…
Dungavel death
A detainee died in Dungavel immigration removal centre yesterday – the second to die in immigration…