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The Dover Detainee Visitor Group
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IMMIGRANTS NEED FRIENDS
Did you know that up to 317 men
are detained in Dover Immigration Removal Centre, many without having
committed a crime, others who may have completed their prison sentence but
are then refused release? Detention
Centres were re-named “Removal Centres” to send out the message that people
held in them were about to be removed.
Sadly this is not true. People
are detained from when they arrive at a seaport or airport or, alternatively,
they can be picked up after having lived in the UK for up to 15 years and
detained for months, even years, with no prospect of release. Often
if they arrive knowing nobody in the UK; the only people they come into
contact with are those working in the Removal Centre, the Courts or
Immigration. The reasons why they are
detained are arbitrary. In other
centres women and children are detained, sometimes for months, disrupting
their schooling and friendships which leave traumatic scars. Under eighteens are also detained with
adults when their age is disputed, leaving them very vulnerable. There are ways you can help them
while they are detained: ·
Visit
them once a week and listen to them ·
Ensure
that they have legal representation for a fair hearing ·
Be
their contact with the outside world ·
Take
in warm clothing if they have nothing when they arrive Interested? Why
not find out more by clicking here… To read our latest Annual Report, click here… (opens as a .pdf file*) Why not read what the Guardian has written about us: http://society.guardian.co.uk/asylumseekers/story/0,,2113981,00.html If
you would like to see a short film about us, made by one of our Volunteers,
click on this link http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=270235139838920144 *To
view PDF files you need Acrobat Reader, available free
from the Adobe
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