The Chief Inspector’s report on the immigration system as it relates to the agricultural sector has been published.
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The Chief Inspector has launched a short inspection of the Home Office’s visit visa operations.
The Chief Inspector’s report on the immigration system as it relates to the agricultural sector, is due for publication on Monday 19 December.
The ICIBI's report 'A reinspection of family reunion applications' has been sent to the Home Secretary today to be laid in Parliament.
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The call for evidence closing date for the ICIBI inspection of ‘Home Office operations to effect the removal of foreign national offenders’ has been extended to Friday 2 December.
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The ICIBI inspection report on the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visa route has been published and is available on the ICIBI website.
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The Chief Inspector’s report on the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visa route, is due for publication at 1pm on Tuesday 8 November.
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The ICIBI has published a call for evidence seeking views on the Home Office’s Afghan resettlement schemes. The Independent Chief Inspector invites anyone with knowledge and experience of applying to the schemes to submit evidence.
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The ICIBI has launched an inspection of Home Office operations to effect the removal of foreign national offenders by issuing a call for evidence. The Chief Inspector invites anyone with knowledge and experience of this issue to submit evidence.
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5/ When asked about the costs of asylum accommodation Abi Tierney said the govt spends £5.6 mill on hotels for asylum seekers a day and a further £1.2 mill on hotels for Afghan nationals. The govt is also due to spend £50 mill patrolling the Channel this year.
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1/ Earlier today we heard evidence from Home Office officials and the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders & Immigration on Channel crossings.
📺If you missed the session you can watch it here:parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/6c
Read a summary here⬇️🧵
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📃 We have published the transcript of our session from earlier today on Channel Crossings.
You can read it here ⬇️
committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/1
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David Neal is scheduled to appear before the on Wednesday 26 October 2022. The session starts at 9:45am. parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/6c
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The Government’s response to the Committee’s July report on channel crossings, migration and asylum is expected to be published later this week.
📃You can read the Committee's original report here:
committees.parliament.uk/publications/2
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UPDATE: Deadline for expressions of interest to review coverage of statelessness in Home Office country of origin information for the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information extended to 31 October, with completed review due on 6 February.
UPDATE: Deadline for expressions of interest to review selected Home Office country information on Myanmar, Albania, the DRC, and Iraq for the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information extended to 31 October; completed reviews due on 3 January.
The ICIBI inspection report on the Home Office's country of origin information relating to Afghanistan and China has been published and is available on the ICIBI website.
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The ICIBI inspection report on the Home Office’s use of hotels for housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children has been published and is available on the ICIBI website.
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The ICIBI inspection report on the Home Office’s processing of family visas has been published and is available on the ICIBI website.
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The ICIBI inspection report on juxtaposed controls has been published and is available on the ICIBI website.
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1/2 We have been notified that the Home Office will lay 4 ICIBI inspection reports this week. Juxtaposed Controls and Family Visas will be laid in Parliament at 11am tomorrow followed by the use of hotels
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2/2 for housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, and the country of origin Information on Afghanistan and China, at the same time on Wednesday. Other live inspections, and reports awaiting publication, can be seen here -
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Reminder: ICIBI seeks an expert to carry out a thematic review of the coverage of statelessness in Home Office country of origin information. Expressions of interest due Friday, 21 October.
Reminder: ICIBI seeks expressions of interest from potential reviewers of Home Office country of origin information on Myanmar, Albania, the DRC, and Iraq. Deadline: Friday, 21 October.
The ICIBI hosted the second of his regular Migration Forums with a focus on the education sector on 10 October 2022. Thanks to the members for their contributions. If your organisation would like to join the forum, please email education@icibi.gov.uk.
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The ICIBI has commenced an inspection of the Afghan resettlement schemes. Further information, including a call for evidence, will be published on the ICIBI website in the coming weeks.
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The ICIBI’s Independent Advisory Group on Country Information seeks an expert to complete a thematic review of the coverage of statelessness in Home Office country of origin information.
The ICIBI’s Independent Advisory Group on Country Information invites tenders to evaluate Home Office country of origin information on Myanmar, Albania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Iraq.
ICIBI has commenced a reinspection of family reunion applications. Further details are can be found on the ICIBI website.
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The deadline for completing ICIBI’s stakeholder survey has been extended to 27 September 2022.
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ICIBI is conducting its annual stakeholder survey. It should take no longer than 15 minutes to complete and your responses would be gratefully received by the close of Tuesday 20 September.
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The ICIBI has commenced a monitoring review of ePassport gates, examining: the role of the monitoring officer, the delivery of training for front-line officers, and the recording of safeguarding concerns.
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The ICIBI inspection report on the initial processing of migrants arriving via small boats at Tug Haven and Western Jet Foil has now been laid in Parliament and is available on the ICIBI website:
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The has informed the Chief Inspector that his inspection report on the ‘initial processing of migrants arriving via small boats at Tug Haven’ is due for publication on Thursday 21 July at 10am.
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Chief Inspector increasingly frustrated with Home Office publication delay to his small boats report:
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The ICIBI’s report 'An inspection of the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visa route' has been sent to the Home Secretary to be laid in Parliament.
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The ICI was delighted to host the first meeting of his business forum on Wednesday 6 July 2022. Thanks to all the members that attended for their contributions. To learn more, or to attend a future forum, click here:
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The ICIBI inspection report on the GPS electronic monitoring of FNOs has now been laid in Parliament and is available on the ICIBI website:
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‘An inspection of the GPS electronic monitoring of FNOs’ is due to be laid in Parliament at 1pm on Thursday 7 July. It will be available at GOV.UK/icibi shortly after.
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2/2 The Home Office accepted 3 recommendations and partially accepted one. Read its full response here:
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