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The Country Policy and Information Notes on Iran, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe were selected as they were recent or due for review by the Home Office and at the time Iran accounted for approximately 11% of all asylum claims.
This inspection examined how Border Force generates and collects intelligence at two small seaports and how this is used to prevent immigration and customs offences.
The report makes seven recommendations, the Home Office accepted five in full and partially accepted one. The Home Office has already completed three of the recommendations.
The report makes 15 recommendations.
The report makes 3 recommendations which focus on adequate and effective Border Force staff coverage across key functions.
This inspection examined the efficiency, effectiveness and consistency of FES delivered by UKVI through its streamlined and digitised UK Visa and Citizenship Application Service (UKVCAS) in-country, Home Office SSCs and Visa…
This inspection examined the efficiency and effectiveness of the Home Office’s asylum casework system, which is managed by the Asylum & Protection Directorate.
The inspection makes 11 substantial recommendations.
This inspection focused on the service user experience and the collection and recording of relevant information by Home Office staff. The report makes 2 recommendations.
The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) with the assistance of colleagues from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMI Prisons) inspected the Home Office’s use of Penally Camp and Napier Barrack…
The report makes three recommendations which stress the importance of creating a clearer, more coherent set of roles, responsibilities and objectives for the Home Office Border, Immigration and Citizenship System’s response …
The covering report makes one recommendation. This is in addition to the recommendations contained in the individual reviews, the majority of which the Home Office has already accepted.
This inspection examined the efficiency and effectiveness of the Home Office’s use of sanctions and penalties, specifically those measures designed to encourage compliance with the Immigration Rules.
This inspection examined the efficiency and effectiveness of the Home Office’s Presenting Officer (PO) function.
This report looks at the Home Office Country Policy Information Team's products that deal with claims based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.
This inspection examined the efficiency and effectiveness of the UK’s refugee resettlement schemes, focusing on how the lessons from the operation of these schemes were applied to the design of the new UK Resettlement Scheme…
This inspection examined the Home Office’s identification and handling of migrants first encountered away from a port of entry, having entered the UK concealed in a commercial vehicle, and those migrants seeking to cross the…
This inspection examined the efficiency, effectiveness and consistency of the Home Office’s use of language services in the asylum process, with a particular focus on the quality and accuracy of interpretation services provi…
The Chief Inspector's report examined the efficiency and effectiveness of the Home Office’s management of family reunion applications.
The report from the December 2019 meeting of the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information looks at information produced by the Home Office in respect of Albania, Iran and Vietnam.
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