Publications

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Publications

No Place for a Child: Increasing numbers of asylum seeking children are being detained by the UK Government for immigration purposes. Little is known about the reasons for their detention, the length of time they are detained, or the impact it has on their well being.

There is growing concern that this use of detention contravenes a range of international human rights standards relating to the treatment of children, and impacts negatively on already vulnerable children.

No Place for a Child sets out to analyse current UK detention policy and practice, its impact on children, and to offer viable alternatives to the immigration detention of children. It also identifies safeguards for children already in detention that would reduce the length of their detention.

By making specific recommendations, this report not only contributes to the policy debate on immigration detention, but also seeks to make the immigration detention of children a thing of the past in the UK.

Copies of No Place for a Child (96 pages) can be downloaded for free from www.savethechildren.org.uk/noplace or for £8.95 plus postage and packing from Save the Children on 020-70126400.

The Dispossessed: A brief guide to the Catholic Church’s concern for refugees and migrants. Produced by The Office for Refugee Policy of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales. 36pp. Cost £3.00 (including p&p). Available from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference Secretariat (contact Deji: 020-79014805 or briefing@cbcew.org.uk). The booklet provides an overview of the concern shown for refugees and migrants by bishops in England and Wales . It also outlines the position and teaching of the Catholic Church in this country and internationally with regard to itinerant peoples, and provides a useful summary of major Church documents on refugees.

A Safe Place. A video and pack produced by Show Racism the Red Card to combat racist myths against asylum seekers. Cost: £10. Available from PO Box 141, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear NE26 3YH. Make cheques payable to Show Racism the Red Card. The video features young asylum seekers talking about their experiences in the UK.

Detention in Europe, a new publication by JRS Europe has an overview of detention centres and detention policies and practices in several countries in Europe. Based on JRS’ experiences of working with detainees, recommendations to government are made. Copies can be had from JRS or downloaded here:

Detention in Europe