AVID Visitor Handbook

Welcome
Introduction
- About AVID
- About this Handbook
Getting started as a visitor
Who can be detained
Immigration Detention in the UK: Essential Legislation, Policy and Guidance
Immigration detention in the prison estate
Legal Advice and Representation
Getting out of detention
Removal, Return, and Deportation

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Legal Advice and Representation

What can visitors do?

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Finding a legal advisor

Finding a legal advisor for a person detained under immigration powers in the prison estate

Notify a legal representative that their detained client has been moved to another IRC

Help a person in detention to understand what they can reasonably expect of their lawyer

Give Information

Visitors and legal advisors: constructive relationships

Help if there are problems with the current legal representative

Acting as a McKenzie Friend

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