Yarl's Wood

Rotten food dumped at Serco HQ to support Yarl’s Wood strike

Rotten food, rotten system

Decaying food was left at the security firm's London office this morning, as women in Yarl's Wood Detention Centre continue their hunger strike.

News & Politics > Activism

Over 100 women are on hunger strike at a UK detention centre

A national scandal

Up to 120 women being detained at Yarl's Wood today enter the ninth day of a hunger strike, demanding change in the inhumane immigration detention system.

Art & Culture > Film

The young filmmakers showing a personal side of immigration

The Shortest Nights

In Tough, Journey of a Stateless Man and Calling Home, promising young filmmakers show three different sides of immigration around the world.

News & Politics > Activism

Could immigration detention centres in Britain finally be shut down for good?

Brick by brick, wall by wall

Up to a thousand protestors descended on Yarl's Wood Detention Centre on Saturday to demand the closure of prisons that lock up asylum seekers indefinitely.

News & Politics > Activism

Thousands protest at Yarl’s Wood Detention Centre

"All I want is my freedom"

The detention centre has been at the centre of many controversies. Campaigners say it's time Yarl's Wood shut down.

News & Politics > Activism

“Inadequate and inhumane” conditions face UK refugees

Calls for reform are intensifying

A new report highlights how conditions faced by those seeking refuge in Britain "fundamentally lacked decency".