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Detention is strongly contested in the courts and on the streets, while a network of supporters shows solidarity with visits, friendship. The last few years have seen a growth in migrant-led social movements and political action. In late 2013, refugee protest camps sprang up in public squares in towns across Europe.

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Thinking outside the fence

Governments are increasingly recognizing that detention is both harmful – and costly. Campaigners and researchers consider the merits of current alternatives to large-scale arbitrary detention.

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 Illustration: Kathryn Corlett

Tough Guide to the World's Detention Centres

Tim Baster & Isabelle Merminod offer a satirical round-up of the insalubrious accommodation awaiting travellers from the Global South.

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Woman on a bus in the desert city of Mary (dbimages / Alamy). The two outside shots at the bottom are from the Tolkuchka Bazaar in the capital, Ashgabat. Sandwiched between them is the self-glorifying golden statue erected by the former dictator Saparmurat Niyazov. Photos by David Stanley, the last three under a CC Licence.

Country Profile - Turkmenistan

Facts, figures and photos on Turkmenistan.

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Children cross the street as residents of south Tel Aviv protest against African migrants from Eritrea, Sudan and South Sudan in their neighbourhoods, in May 2012. The week before, a similar protest led to a rampage that an Israeli broadcaster dubbed a 'pogrom'. Protests such as these still take place on a regular basis in Tel Aviv and other major cities in Israel. Baz Ratner/Reuters

Inhospitable Israel

Joseph Cox reports on an acute humanitarian crisis for African asylum-seekers.

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A guard from the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) at the T Don Hutto Residental Center in Texas, which holds migrant families. The CCA made $1.7 billion in 2012 - more than any other private prison company in the US. LM Otero/AP Photo

Meet the firms cashing in on imprisoning foreigners

Outsourcing detention to private companies is a recipe for a disaster says Antony Loewenstein.

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Letter from Bangui...Living with fear

There is more to life in the Central African Republic than bad news, says Ruby Diamonde.

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Making detention more humane only makes it more widespread

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Take it further

Detention is strongly contested in the courts and on the streets, while a network of supporters shows solidarity with visits, friendship. The last few years have seen a growth in migrant-led social movements and political action. In late 2013, refugee protest camps sprang up in public squares in towns across Europe.

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Best of 2013: Films, books and music

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Thinking outside the fence

Governments are increasingly recognizing that detention is both harmful – and costly. Campaigners and researchers consider the merits of current alternatives to large-scale arbitrary detention.

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The great Monsanto food prize fiasco

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Tough Guide to the World's Detention Centres

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Tim Baster & Isabelle Merminod January, 2014 469 Buy
Country Profile - Turkmenistan

Facts, figures and photos on Turkmenistan.

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Inhospitable Israel

Joseph Cox reports on an acute humanitarian crisis for African asylum-seekers.

Joseph Cox January, 2014 469 Buy
Meet the firms cashing in on imprisoning foreigners

Outsourcing detention to private companies is a recipe for a disaster says Antony Loewenstein.

Antony Loewenstein January, 2014 469 Buy
Letter from Bangui...Living with fear

There is more to life in the Central African Republic than bad news, says Ruby Diamonde.

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