Detention Under the Immigration Acts: Law and Practice

by Graham Denholm, Lisa Giovannetti Qc, Rory Dunlop

The UK has some of the largest immigration detention facilities in Europe, holding as many as 3000 individuals at any point in time. Foreign nationals are held under immigration powers in a variety of circumstances including on arrival pending examination, whilst an asylum claim is considered in the Detained Fast Track, and pending administrative removal or deportation. The routine use of detention powers, particularly in relation to foreign national...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198714130
• ISBN13: 9780198714132
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.5"