Media and Resources

DDVG welcomes you to utilise the resources on this page for the benefit of immigration detainees. Feel free to suggest any new relevant materials (email us on info@ddvg.org.uk)

Videos:
DDVG induction video – A first hand experience of ex-immigration detainees, DDVG visitors and staff about the organisaiton’s work.

DDVG information promo – Feel free to forward this video to people who may be interested in volunteering for the DDVG.

DDVG and the Basis Project – The experience of the DDVG, produced by the Refugee Council

Resources for Detainees:
How to get out of detention (published by BID)

Application to be released on bail – B1

Country reports on treatment of women – United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 45th session (18/1/10-5/2/10)

List of Legal Advisors

Leaflets:
Immigration Detention FAQs

Know your Medical Rights in Detention (produced by the Medical Justice Network)

Get Involved leaflet

Leaflet for Detainees

Leaflet for Ex-Detainees

DDVG publications:
The Abandoned conference report 2008
– The Ex-Detainees conference report, February 2008.

Annual Report 2008-09

Research:
The Refugee Roulette
– The role of Country Information in Refugee Status Determination. Produced by Natasha Tsangarides, Immigration Advisory Service

Contesting Bare Life – Strategies and Counter-Strategies on the Political Being (15,000 word dissertation on the precarious situation of detainees in their struggle not to lose their legal status in the UK. Written by Victor Fiorini, as part of an MA in Anthropology of Ethnicity, Nationalism and Identity, University of Kent at Canterbury)

Chance or Choice? Understanding why asylum seekers come to the UK – Refugee Council, January 2010

DDVG Info Page (Quarterly Newsletter for members and supportes):
February 2010

November 2009

July 2009

May 2009

February 2009

  • Latest News

    DDVG is now recruiting for the position of Ex-Detainee Manager, one day a week. Deadline for applications is Monday 6th September 2010. For more information go to our "Jobs with DDVG" page.

    Work in progress to start a new project at HMP Canterbury. More details to follow