Countries
1: Africa.
2: Americas.
3: Asia-Pacific.
4: Europe.
- 4.1: Belgium.
- 4.2: Bulgaria.
- 4.3: Cyprus.
- 4.4: Czech Republic.
- 4.5: Denmark.
- 4.6: Estonia.
- 4.7: Finland.
- 4.8: France.
- 4.9: Greece.
- 4.10: Hungary.
- 4.11: Ireland.
- 4.12: Italy.
- 4.13: Latvia.
- 4.14: Lithuania.
- 4.15: Luxembourg.
- 4.16: Malta.
- 4.17: Netherlands.
- 4.18: Norway.
- 4.19: Poland.
- 4.20: Portugal.
- 4.21: Romania.
- 4.22: Slovakia.
- 4.23: Slovenia.
- 4.24: Spain.
- 4.25: Sweden.
- 4.26: Switzerland.
- 4.27: Turkey.
- 4.28: Ukraine.
- 4.29: United Kingdom.
  - 4.29.1: Introduction.
  - 4.29.2: List of Detention Sites .
  - 4.29.3: Map of Detention Sites.
  - 4.29.4: Country Links.
  - 4.29.5: Reference List.
5: Middle East .

United Kingdom Profile

Quick Facts

Dedicated long-term immigration detention centres: 11 (2011)

Short-term residential detention centres: 3 (2011)

Semi-secure “family friendly” centres: 1 (2011)

Detention capacity at long-term facilities: 3,341 (2011)

Removals and voluntary departures: 57,085 (2010)

Asylum seekers in detention: 17,790 (2010)

Irregular residents: 525,000-950,000 (end 2007)

Max. length of administrative immigration detention: No limit

Last updated: June 2011

United Kingdom Country Links

Governement Agencies

International Organizations

NGOs and Research Institutions

Private Contractors

Media

Governement Agencies

UK Border Agency

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk

U.K. Home Office

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk

HM Inspectorate of Prisons

http://www.justice.gov.uk/inspectorates/hmi-prisons/

Independent Monitoring Boards

http://www.justice.gov.uk/about/imb.htm

International Organizations

International Labour Organization: Office for the United Kingdom and Ireland

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/eurpro/london_r/index.htm

International Organization for Migration - UK Country Information

http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/pid/1380

International Organization for Migration - UK

http://www.iomlondon.org

UNHCR - UK

http://www.unhcr.org.uk

European Migration Network

http://emn.intrasoft-intl.com/html/index.html

NGOs and Research Institutions

Amenesty International - UK

www.amnesty.org.uk

Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees

http://www.aviddentention.org.uk

Asylum Welcome

www.asylum-welcome.supanet.com

Bail for Immigration Detainees

www.biduk.org

British Refugee Council

www.refugeecouncil.org.uk

Campaign to Close Campsfield

http://www.closecampsfield.org.uk/

Corporate Watch

http://corporatewatch.org.uk

Detention Action

http://www.detentionaction.org.uk/files/modules/content/?id=1

The Equal Rights Trust

http://www.equalrightstrust.org/

Gatwick Detainees Wekfare Group

www.gdwg.org.uk

Immigration Advisory Service

www.iasuk.org

Immigrant Law Practitioner’s Association

http://www.ilpa.org.uk/

Jesuit Refugge Service - UK

www.jrsuk.net

London Detainee Support Group

http://www.detainedlives.org

Medical Justice and the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns

http://www.medicaljustice.org.uk

The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford

http://www.migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/

National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns

http://www.ndac.org.uk

Oxford Migration

http://www.migration.ox.ac.uk/

Private Contractors

G4S

http://www.g4s.com/uk

GEO Group Inc.

http://www.thegeogroupinc.com

SERCO

http://www.serco.co.uk

TaylorMade Security

http://www.mannedsecurity.co.uk/

Media

BBC News

http://www.news.bbc.co.uk

Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk

Independent

http://ww.independent.co.uk

Telegraph

http://ww.telegraph.co.uk

Times

http://www.timesonline.co.uk