A one-day forum to launch Refugee Tales 2016 will take place at the University’s Canterbury campus on Sunday 3 July, from 10.00-20.00.

Organised by Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group and Kent’s School of English, the forum will explore how the issue of detention touches on wider human themes and the ways in which the practice of indefinite detention can be brought to an end.

Speakers will include those who have experienced indefinite immigration detention in the UK, support workers, campaigners, writers, academics, journalists and policy makers.

Confirmed speakers include: writers Ali Smith, David Herd, Marina Warner and Ben Okri; journalist Patrick Kingsley; and Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty 2003-16.

Further information and booking details on the one-day forum can be found on the Refugee Tales website.

Staff can benefit from a special ticket price of £20 plus £2.25 booking fee. When booking online, enter the code RT16KENT for the discounted ticket option to appear.