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IAGCI invites tenders to evaluate Home Office country information products

IAGCI invites tenders to evaluate Home Office country information products

Monday, 24 October 2022

Potential reviewers of country of origin information on Myanmar, Albania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Iraq are invited to submit express...

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IAGCI re opens a call for tenders to evaluate the coverage of statelessness in Home Office country information products

IAGCI re opens a call for tenders to evaluate the coverage of statelessness in Home Office country information products

Monday, 24 October 2022

The Independent Advisory Group on Country Information seeks an expert to complete a thematic review of the treatment of statelessness in the country o...

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Results of the annual ICIBI stakeholder survey 2022

Results of the annual ICIBI stakeholder survey 2022

Monday, 24 October 2022

The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) conducted a survey to gather views on how it can better target inspections and how ...

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Inspection Report Published: An inspection of the use of hotels for housing unaccompanied asylum seeking children March – May 2022

Inspection Report Published: An inspection of the use of hotels for housing unaccompanied asylum seeking children March – May 2022

Wednesday, 19 October 2022

This inspection examined the use of hotels to accommodate unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, with particular reference to the Home Office’s duty t...

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Inspection report published: An inspection of juxtaposed controls, April – May 2022

Inspection report published: An inspection of juxtaposed controls, April – May 2022

Tuesday, 18 October 2022

This inspection team visited the UK Border Force juxtaposed controls at Paris Gare du Nord and Coquelles. The report makes 3 recommendations....

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Inspection Report Published: An inspection of the Home Office’s processing of family visas September 2021 – February 2022

Inspection Report Published: An inspection of the Home Office’s processing of family visas September 2021 – February 2022

Tuesday, 18 October 2022

This inspection examined the Home Office’s processing of indefinite leave to remain applications on the family visa route. ...

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The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) has commenced a reinspection of family reunion applications

The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) has commenced a reinspection of family reunion applications

Tuesday, 04 October 2022

The inspection will examine the Home Office’s management of family reunion applications, and the effectiveness of the transfer of casework from the As...

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ICIBI annual stakeholder engagement survey

ICIBI annual stakeholder engagement survey

Tuesday, 20 September 2022

Deadline extended to 27 September 2022. ...

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Inspection Report Published: An inspection of the initial processing of migrants arriving via small boats at Tug Haven and Western Jet Foil December 2021 – January 2022

Inspection Report Published: An inspection of the initial processing of migrants arriving via small boats at Tug Haven and Western Jet Foil December 2021 – January 2022

Thursday, 21 July 2022

The inspection focused on protecting the border through security checks, and the identification and safeguarding of vulnerable people....

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Chief Inspector increasingly frustrated with Home Office publication delay to his small boats report

Chief Inspector increasingly frustrated with Home Office publication delay to his small boats report

Tuesday, 19 July 2022

Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, David Neal, said today that he is becoming increasingly frustrated at the Home Office’s delay ...

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The Chief Inspector holds the third of his new Migration Forums which focused on business

The Chief Inspector holds the third of his new Migration Forums which focused on business

Thursday, 07 July 2022

The new forum joins the other ICIBI stakeholder groups that advise on specific areas such as maritime, aviation, adults at risk, and refugee and asylu...

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Inspection Report Published: An inspection of the Global Positioning System (GPS) electronic monitoring of Foreign National Offenders, March – April 2022

Inspection Report Published: An inspection of the Global Positioning System (GPS) electronic monitoring of Foreign National Offenders, March – April 2022

Thursday, 07 July 2022

This inspection examined the Global Positioning System (GPS) electronic monitoring of Foreign National Offenders, with a particular focus on the proce...

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Inspection Report Published: An inspection of the immigration system as it relates to the Higher Education sector

Inspection Report Published: An inspection of the immigration system as it relates to the Higher Education sector

Thursday, 30 June 2022

This inspection examined how the immigration system serves the needs of the higher education sector, rather than focusing narrowly on the operational ...

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Inspection Report Published: A re inspection of Napier Barracks  March 2022

Inspection Report Published: A re inspection of Napier Barracks March 2022

Thursday, 30 June 2022

This re-inspection reviewed the improvements the Home Office had made to the management and operation of Napier Barracks following the ICIBI/HMIP insp...

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An inspection of the immigration system as it relates to the agricultural sector

An inspection of the immigration system as it relates to the agricultural sector

Monday, 27 June 2022

The inspection team anticipates reporting to the Home Secretary by September...

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An inspection of the Border Force intelligence functions at the Humber ports

An inspection of the Border Force intelligence functions at the Humber ports

Thursday, 16 June 2022

The inspection team anticipate reporting to the Home Secretary by October 2022....

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Call for evidence: An inspection of the Border Force intelligence functions at the Humber ports

Call for evidence: An inspection of the Border Force intelligence functions at the Humber ports

Thursday, 16 June 2022

The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration invites anyone with knowledge and experience of the Border Force intelligence functions at ...

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Call for evidence: An inspection of the immigration system as it relates to the agricultural sector

Call for evidence: An inspection of the immigration system as it relates to the agricultural sector

Monday, 23 May 2022

The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration invites anyone with knowledge and experience of the interaction between the UK immigration ...

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Inspection Report Published: An inspection of contingency asylum accommodation

Inspection Report Published: An inspection of contingency asylum accommodation

Thursday, 12 May 2022

This inspection focuses on the use of hotels as contingency asylum accommodation. The Home Office has accepted all 7 of the report's recommendations....

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The IAGCI invites tenders to evaluate Home Office Country Information Products on Rwanda

The IAGCI invites tenders to evaluate Home Office Country Information Products on Rwanda

Tuesday, 10 May 2022

Potential reviewers are invited to submit expressions of interest by the close of Monday, 30 May 2022....

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ICIBI has commenced an inspection of the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visa route

ICIBI has commenced an inspection of the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visa route

Tuesday, 10 May 2022

The inspection will focus on how the route has been working since its launch, including the ability to rapidly scale up operations and learnings taken...

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An inspection of juxtaposed controls

An inspection of juxtaposed controls

Wednesday, 20 April 2022

The inspection team anticipate reporting to the Home Secretary by May. ...

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ICIBI Inspection Plan 2022 23 Published

ICIBI Inspection Plan 2022 23 Published

Friday, 01 April 2022

The Chief Inspector publishes his Inspection Plan 2022-23....

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The Chief Inspector holds the second of his new Migration Forums which focused on Strategic Migration Partnerships

The Chief Inspector holds the second of his new Migration Forums which focused on Strategic Migration Partnerships

Tuesday, 29 March 2022

The new forum joins the other ICIBI stakeholder groups that advise on specific areas such as maritime, aviation, adults at risk, and refugee and asylu...

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Inspection Report Published: An inspection into the effectiveness of Border Force’s role in Project Kraken at small seaports

Inspection Report Published: An inspection into the effectiveness of Border Force’s role in Project Kraken at small seaports

Thursday, 27 January 2022

This inspection examined how Border Force generates and collects intelligence at two small seaports and how this is used to prevent immigration and cu...

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The IAGCI invites tenders to evaluate the Home Office Country Information Products on Statelessness

The IAGCI invites tenders to evaluate the Home Office Country Information Products on Statelessness

Thursday, 27 January 2022

The tender is to review the coverage of Statelessness issues in Country Policy and Information Notes (CPINs) produced by the Home Office's Country Pol...

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The IAGCI invites tenders to evaluate the UK Home Office Country Information Products

The IAGCI invites tenders to evaluate the UK Home Office Country Information Products

Monday, 17 January 2022

The IAGCI invites tenders to evaluate the UK Home Office Country Information Products on Afghanistan and China. Please submit your tender by the by cl...

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Inspection Report Published: A further inspection of the EU Settlement Scheme (July 2020 – March 2021)

Inspection Report Published: A further inspection of the EU Settlement Scheme (July 2020 – March 2021)

Thursday, 13 January 2022

The report makes seven recommendations, the Home Office accepted five in full and partially accepted one. The Home Office has already completed three ...

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Inspection Report Published: An inspection of the effectiveness of  the UKVI Chief Caseworker Unit's referral process (September October 2021)

Inspection Report Published: An inspection of the effectiveness of the UKVI Chief Caseworker Unit's referral process (September October 2021)

Thursday, 13 January 2022

The inspection makes six recommendations, all of which the Home Office has accepted....

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Inspection Report Published: An inspection of ePassport gates

Inspection Report Published: An inspection of ePassport gates

Wednesday, 12 January 2022

The inspection examined the identification of vulnerable passengers at the gates, resourcing, training, the use of data in the operation of the gates,...

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