At least 12 people – including 6 children and a pregnant woman – lost their lives attempting to cross the Channel yesterday. This has to stop. No one should be forced to make such dangerous journeys to claim asylum in the UK. We need safe routes to refugee protection.

📢 Detention destroys lives. The Govt. are planning to reopen two detention centres. With over 50 organisations and 85 individuals, we've written to Yvette Cooper to demand an immediate halt of the reopening of Haslar and Campsfield. There is an alternative. AVID

🚨#Glasgow, it's time to stand together! This Sat, we're joining Stand Up to Racism - Scotland to show that hate has no place here. We need as many of you as possible to stand with us and counteract the far right narrative 📢📢📢 Let’s mobilize and make our voices heard!

With 50+ organisations and 85 individuals, we've written to Yvette Cooper to demand a halt of the reopening of Haslar & Campsfield detention centres. It's time for change. Support community alternatives to detention. #ChooseFreedom #EndDetention docs.google.com/document/d/1Gj…

My ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ letter on channel crossings and stopping more tragedies.

We’ll be gathering in George Square from 12-4 tomorrow (Sat) to stand against racism in solidarity with refugees and other minorities. Everyone has the right to feel safe. Check out our advice for communities affected by far-right terror: ow.ly/OksJ50TgbE0

“Solomon said the home secretary’s plans for mass detention and deportation of refused asylum seekers were immoral, expensive and impractical” We are still campaigning for the new government to change their proposals and take a step in the right direction theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

We are proud to be one of 50 organisations who signed the AVID statement opposing the reopening of two detention centres. Read more here ⬇️ aviddetention.org.uk/article/press-… #EndDetention

Your donations can give emotional and practical support to people being held in detention like B and F. Small amounts really can help, donate online here: sdv.org.uk #DetentionSupport

Support log: It was good to talk to B who was generally positive. He’s a barber and keeps himself busy in detention by cutting other residents’ hair. But he also spoke of his life outside. He’s been in the UK for years and misses his partner very much. #EndDetention

📢We are recruiting volunteer visitors.📢 You would join other members of the visiting team on regular visits to support people in Dungavel detention centre. Training is provided and there is more information here sdv.org.uk/join-us

Please join us on the 19th of October for our largest, most important demonstration yet outside Derwentside IRC. Co-organised with These Walls Must Fall & Right to Remain 🧡

📢📢📢📢📢 We're recruiting volunteer visitors! Head over to our website to find out more and to apply. Deadline for applications is Friday 11 October. Please share! sdv.org.uk/join-us

If you’re interested in getting more involved in helping people in immigration detention, why not become a volunteer visitor with us? Applications are open now, read more and apply online 📝 sdv.org.uk/join-us #DetentionVisiting

“Instead of thinking about ‘stopping the boats’ and ‘stopping the gangs’, we need to be thinking about how we fulfil our moral duty to the world and people who move” We need safe routes, not more militarisation. Our @ravsrm on Al Jazeera English after another horrific Channel tragedy.

We were one of 50+ organisations to sign the AVID letter to Yvette Cooper demanding an immediate halt of the reopening of Haslar & Campsfield detention centres. Detention destroys lives and so many areas of the community oppose it. #EndDetention”

“… officers described restraining detainees who were banging their heads against the walls of transportation vans” The government cannot allow this treatment to continue. #EndDetention #ThereAreAlternatives theguardian.com/world/2024/sep…

Could you be one of our new volunteers? We are recruiting volunteer visitors to visit people in Dungavel detention centre. Take a look at our website for more information. sdv.org.uk/join-us

A year on from the publication of the Brook House Inquiry report, the Chair warns that the failure to address her recommendations means it is “a question of when, not if, such abuses will come to light again." bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

"Detention centres continue to look and feel like prisons. They are places where rights and freedoms are curtailed and sadly where peoples’ mental and physical health often rapidly deteriorates." Thanks to Olivia Blake MP for highlighting this on PoliticsHome