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The authoritative statement of the implied limitations of the power to detain conferred by the Immigration Act 1971 were first stated here by Woolf J in what have since become widely known as the 'Hardial Singh principles'.
The organisation works to assist, protect and promote the rights of torture survivors who arrive in the UK.
London Detainee Support Group was set up to provide support to immigration detainees in Harmondsworth and Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centres.
Located in Kidlington, about 5 miles north of Oxford. Maximum capacity since opening: 276. Currently holds men only. (Source: AVID). Visitors group: Asylum Welcome
Source: Asylum Welcome
Since this date in 1994 the Close Campsfield Campaign have demonstrated outside Campsfield IRC at noon on the last Saturday of every month.
AVID is the national membership network of volunteer visitors to immigration detainees held in removal centres and prisons. AVID was set up to provide training and support for visitors groups, raise awareness of detention, and improve conditions and treatment for those people held in detention. In 2014 AVID celebrated its 20th anniversary.