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How and when you can be detained (kept at a detention or immigration centre for example) when you have come into the UK, and how these rules are enforced.
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How to get out of detention (PDF)
www.biduk.org/433/how-to-get-out-of-detention/useful...
A self-help guide to help you to get out of detention, if you have been detained by UK Immigration. Download the guide from the right hand corner of the web page.
Bail for Immigration Detainees www.biduk.org/index.htm
Video link bail hearings (PDF)
languages.refugeecouncil.org.uk/pdf/English/Video_li...
Information for people held in detention centres and prisons who are applying to be released on immigration bail. Many detainees will have their bail hearing by video link rather than in court. This leaflet explains how the video link bail hearing will be run and what to do if a bail application is refused.
Refugee Council www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
Know your medical rights - leaflet for detainees
www.medicaljustice.org.uk/content/view/100/53/
While you are in detention, you are entitled to receive proper medical care appropriate to your needs. The fact that you are detained does not deprive you of this important human right.
Medical Justice www.medicaljustice.org.uk/
Immigration removal centres
www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/organisation/immi...
This page provides information about the UK Border Agency's immigration removal centres around the UK, including information for visitors.
UK Border Agency www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/
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