According to recent findings from Women for Refugee Women, around 2,000 women who are seeking refuge in the UK are detained per year.
Yarl’s Wood: the vulnerable women locked up in Britain’s detention centres
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Yarl’s Wood female hunger striker facing deportation tomorrow
Funke, a Nigerian woman detained in Yarl’s Wood has joined the hunger strike today to express solidarity with fellow detainees and to protest…
Unity Centre looks to surround Dungavel removal centre
Migration rights organisers in Glasgow are looking to raise the last donations for a solidarity noise demonstration at Dungavel Immigration Rem…
Gallery: Yarl’s Wood protests
Peter Marshall was at Yarl’s Wood this weekend and has kindly let us share his excellent photos of the day, which saw hundreds of people gath…
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