voluntary returns

Stop forced deportation in “Family Returns Process”

All African Women’s Group Action Alert . . . Action Alert . . . Action Alert . . . Action Alert . . . Action Alert . . . Ms Kolaj is a 31 year old woman from Albania. She fled to the UK to escape vicious domestic violence from a man who tried to … Continue reading Stop forced deportation in “Family Returns Process”

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Women reveal bullying and intimidation to force them into “voluntary ” return. “It’s just deportation with another name.”

We're publicising women's experiences of so-called "voluntary returns". The infamous Home Office "Go Home" van makes clear that voluntary return is part and parcel of its Hostile Environment policy. How can making life so unbearable that someone has no alternative but comply be called "voluntary"? As someone recently said to us, "If it's voluntary why … Continue reading Women reveal bullying and intimidation to force them into “voluntary ” return. “It’s just deportation with another name.”