Press releases
Read the latest press releases and statements from The Children's Society on the dentention of children:
11 May 2011 - New research reveals renewed child detention fears
10 May 2011 - The OutCry! partnership has come to an end
19 April 2011 - Detention unlawful in immigration case
11 January 2011 -Suppiah Judicial Review into immigration detention: OutCry! Comments
25 November 2010 - OutCry! comments on latest UKBA figures on children in detention
12 November 2010 - Leading peers call Government to task on immigration detention of children
12 November 2010 - OutCry! Campaign: Children still being detained six months on
4 November 2010 - BBC investigates the Government’s progress towards ending the detention of children
10 September 2010 - OutCry! Response to Medical Justice Report
6 August 2010 - Statement of The Children's Society and Bail for Immigration Detainees
21 July 2010 - OutCry! welcomes end to Yarl's Wood family unit
9 June 2010 - Forcibly returning child asylum seekers to Afghanistan is deeply disturbing
12 May 2010 - OutCry! delighted at pledge to end immigration detention of children
25 March 2010 - OutCry! supports the Sanctuary Pledge
24 March 2010 - Comment on HMIP Report into Yarl's Wood
17 February 2010 - OutCry! response to Children's Commissioner's report
11 February 2010 - Minister 'admits paying millions to detained migrants'
08 February 2010 - OutCry! comment on protests at Yarl's Wood detention centre
18 December 2009 - Detained children held in 'wholly unacceptable' conditions
10 December 2009 - Royal Colleges call to end immigration detention of children
29 November 2009 - Children in immigration detention held in 'prisons'
02 November 2009 - New duty on UK Border Agency to safeguard children
13 October 2009 - First UK study finds immigration detention seriously damages children's physical and mental health
31 August 2009 – Home Office statistics reveal scandalous extent of detention of children
19 August 2009 – OutCry! Campaign on the fourth plinth
24 June 2009 – Alternative to detention pilot ‘a missed opportunity’
23 June 2009 – Every year 2000 children are locked up in detention centres
18 June 2009 - Statement on protest at Yarl's Wood immigration detention centre
27 April 2009 - Report highlights how immigration detention is 'literally putting children's lives at risk'
04 September 2008 - The Children's Society joins forces with the New Statesman to end immigration detention of children
14 May 2008 - Press statement - The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund Awards Grant to End the Detention of Children in the UK