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Refugees & asylum

94 Bail for Immigration Detainees

Q&A

What was 2022 like for BID?

Last year we witnessed grave attacks on our human rights in the UK. The Nationality and Borders Act combined with the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, the Judicial Review and Courts Act and the proposed overhaul of the Human Rights Act represents a power-grab that seeks to make the government unchallengeable, silence dissent and erode the institutions that hold it to account.

But we also witnessed incredible resilience, resistance, coordination and creativity from our team and the human rights sector as a whole.

What was BID’s greatest achievement?

Last year

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