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
Leaflets:
Immigration Detention FAQs
Know your Medical Rights in Detention (produced by the Medical Justice Network)
DDVG publications:
The Abandoned conference report 2008 – The Ex-Detainees conference report, February 2008.
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
