International displacement strategy
Lack of a holistic view and overarching strategy for addressing drivers of displacement and establishing effective prevention mechanisms.
Source spread
Where this theme appears
This theme appears across 10 independent accountability sources, so the source mix matters as much as the headline total.
2 inquiry recs
2 PFD reports
427 committee recs
1 ICIBI rec
1 NAO rec
21 IMB recs
2 IMB reports
6 detention investigation recs
1 PHSO decision
3 LGO/SPSO decisions
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Source-grouped records are useful for tracing where a concern came from. Large sections show the 50 strongest matches for that source; counts still show the full theme total.
Inquiry recommendations(2)
HIA-7 — Compensation Amounts and Caps
Recommendation: We recommend that the amount of compensation should therefore consist of one or more of the following elements. (i) A standard payment of £7,500 payable to anyone who was abused, including those who experienced a harsh environment, or who witnessed …
Gov response: No formal government response published.
Accepted
CR7 — IMO recommendation on triage tool
Recommendation: The Department for Transport must consider recommending to the International Maritime Organization that it consider incorporating an in-water mass casualty triage tool within its policies and procedures.
Gov response: Government agrees that the international sharing of best practice and knowledge is beneficial, including in the form of guidance where appropriate. The IMRF updated its Mass Rescue Operations Guidance in June 2025. This provides extensive …
Accepted
Prevention of Future Deaths reports(2)
Lee Brown
Concerns: There's a lack of emergency access protocols for consular officers to detained British nationals, especially those in mental health crisis. FCDO travel advice is insufficient regarding the specific consequences of detention in Dubai.
Response (Foreign Commonwealth Development Office): The FCDO highlights updated training for consular staff, including mental health awareness, and clarifies the protocol for sharing information without consent when an individual's vital interests are at risk. They …
Responded
Leo Barber
Concerns: Vulnerable children can access online suicide material, and international service providers’ jurisdictional stance can obstruct coronial investigations, hindering efforts to prevent future deaths.
Response (Google UK & Ireland): Google makes available an Inactive Account Manager tool, which allows users to designate third parties to receive parts of their account data in the event of their death or inactivity …
Responded
Select committee recommendations(427)— showing 50 strongest matches
#30 —
Recommendation: The obligations examined in this report arose from the UK’s long involvement in Afghanistan, the commitments made to Afghans who supported the UK mission, and the additional risks created by the data breach. The government and local partners have brought …
Response Pending
#29 —
Recommendation: The government should publish the outcome measures it is developing for the Afghan Resettlement Programme and explain how they will be used to manage delivery and improve outcomes. These measures should cover, at a minimum, movement from temporary to settled …
Response Pending
#28 —
Recommendation: The government should ensure that relocated Afghans in transitional accommodation have timely access to casework updates where unresolved applications involving close family members remain a significant source of anxiety or practical uncertainty. (Recommendation, Paragraph 224)
Response Pending
#27 —
Recommendation: For many relocated Afghans, unresolved cases involving close family members remain a significant source of anxiety and affect wellbeing and integration. Family separation and lack of timely casework updates are therefore not peripheral issues; they are part of the continuing …
Response Pending
#26 —
Recommendation: Afghan resettlement has brought many people to safety, but successful resettlement cannot be measured by arrival numbers alone. It should also be judged by how quickly families move from temporary to settled accommodation, whether they receive early support, whether unresolved …
Response Pending
#25 —
Recommendation: The government should publish, by the time it responds to this report, a clear policy for eligible Afghans who cannot safely, lawfully or affordably self-move to a third country. This should include criteria for identifying these cases and should set …
Response Pending
#24 —
Recommendation: The government has not adequately explained how it will protect eligible Afghans who cannot safely, lawfully or affordably self-move to a third country for UK entry-clearance checks. This is a serious gap in the current model. A policy that works …
Response Pending
#23 —
Recommendation: We welcome the government’s stated ambition to clear the current ARAP caseload by spring 2027, and its decision to publish KPIs and transparency data. These are important corrective steps. But the commitment will only be meaningful if it is delivered …
Response Pending
#22 —
Recommendation: Government should not allow departments to continue leading high-risk protection or resettlement casework by default where that work falls outside their core expertise. Where such responsibilities are assigned in urgent circumstances, ministers should keep the operating model under formal review …
Response Pending
#21 —
Recommendation: The government should treat the remaining work for former Triples whose applications were affected by serious administrative failings as a corrective exercise, not routine casework. It should identify the affected cohort, prioritise the remaining cases, including family applications and relocation …
Response Pending
#20 —
Recommendation: The UK’s obligations after the breach were wider than its pre-existing ARAP commitments. The government had continuing obligations to eligible Afghans to whom public commitments had been made after Op PITTING, and additional responsibilities to people placed at increased risk …
Response Pending
#19 —
Recommendation: The Triples Review revealed serious administrative failings in the handling of ARAP applications from former members of Afghan specialist units who had worked closely with UK forces. The high overturn rate showed that earlier determinations that applicants were not eligible …
Response Pending
#15 —
Recommendation: The government should establish and publish a process for periodic reassessment of the risks faced by ARAP applicants, former applicants and their family members who remain in Afghanistan or third countries, where those risks arise because of their past connection …
Response Pending
#27 —
Recommendation: We are disappointed that the FCDO has not worked alongside BII to ensure that a reduction in forced displacement becomes a key criterion in BII’s investment decision making. With such a large portfolio across Nigeria—a country that hosts a vast …
Response Pending
#19 —
Recommendation: The FCDO should ensure that conflict prevention and atrocity prevention capabilities remain adequately resourced and integrated across future Nigeria and Sahel programming. This must include strengthened support for: • early-warning systems; • conflict monitoring; • atrocity prevention; • and data …
Response Pending
#14 —
Recommendation: The Government must undertake a review, to be shared with the Committee no later than six months from the publication of this report, on how it can contribute towards strengthening regional approaches to insecurity and instability across the Sahel and …
Response Pending
#12 —
Recommendation: Within six months of the publication of this report, the FCDO should share with us funding and programming details for humanitarian and conflict monitoring, displacement tracking and early-warning systems across Nigeria, including how data from these systems is integrated into …
Response Pending
#11 —
Recommendation: We are concerned by evidence that funding reductions have weakened displacement monitoring. (Conclusion, Paragraph 51) 46
Response Pending
#16 —
Recommendation: The Government must adopt a proactive approach and seek to identify and locate minors and where feasible repatriate them as soon as practically possible. (Recommendation, Paragraph 97)
Gov response: 23. Consular support is not available from the UK Government from within Syria, as all British Embassy services in Damascus are suspended. This makes it extremely challenging to provide direct help to British nationals located …
Position Not Stated
#13 —
Recommendation: We share the concerns of our predecessor Committee that, whilst the states listed may be considered safe in general, this does not guarantee the safety of all individuals from these states, especially those who are members of particular social groups …
Gov response: As noted in the report, section 59 of the IMA 2023 has not yet been fully commenced. If commenced, it would broaden the application of the existing inadmissibility provisions at section 80A of the Nationality, …
Not Accepted
#12 —
Recommendation: We agree with our predecessor Committee that section 29 IMA, which broadens the public order disqualification in section 63 of the Nationality and Borders Act, is not compatible with the UK’s obligations under ECAT and Article 4 of the ECHR. …
Gov response: As noted above, the Government is committed to ensuring an effective immigration and asylum system and has retained certain measures of the IMA 2023 where they have been assessed as beneficial to that aim. The …
Position Not Stated
#7 —
Recommendation: The Government should ensure that clause 18 is sufficiently clear and circumscribed, reflects the legitimate aim it is intended to achieve, and is proportionate to that aim. In particular, a mental element should be introduced to ensure that only conduct …
Gov response: Clause 18 introduces a new offence of endangering another during a sea crossing. The clause specifies a clear, defined situation (a crossing by water to the UK from France, Belgium or the Netherlands) to which …
Accepted
#6 —
Recommendation: More broadly, we agree with our predecessor Committee that the Government should fully incorporate Article 31 of the Refugee Convention into section 31 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Section 31 should include the new offences in this Bill …
Gov response: We would start by reaffirming the intention of these new offences to enable earlier, faster disruption of organised immigration crime. This criminality puts vulnerable people, the very groups to which the report refers, at risk …
Position Not Stated
#5 —
Recommendation: In relation to clause 16: a. The Government should give consideration to amending the scope of the offences to ensure that they only apply to persons involved in the smuggling of persons for direct or indirect financial or material gain. …
Gov response: Introducing a requirement for financial or material gain would severely undermine the purpose of the new offences. These clauses are specifically drafted to enable early disruption of criminal enterprises, often before any financial benefit can …
Not Accepted
#156 —
Recommendation: conclusion Exclusions from the protections of the Refugee Convention are permitted in circumstances where individuals have committed “particularly serious crimes”. We acknowledge that the exclusion of individuals who pose a danger to the community is an important measure, and we …
Gov response: We welcome the Committee’s support for this clause, which will classify sexual offences which give rise to the notification requirement in the Sexual Offences Act 2003 as being ‘particularly serious’ for the purpose of applying …
Response Not Attributed
#155 —
Recommendation: The rebuttable presumption is an important safeguard to give refugees the opportunity to argue against the seriousness of their offence and the danger they pose to the community. The Convention also provides a safeguard as the principle of non-refoulement under …
Gov response: We welcome the Committee’s support for this clause, which will classify sexual offences which give rise to the notification requirement in the Sexual Offences Act 2003 as being ‘particularly serious’ for the purpose of applying …
Response Not Attributed
#154 —
Recommendation: In the supplementary ECHR memorandum published by the Government, it is noted that an individual affected by this amendment “would still be able to rely on Article 2 or 3 rights, if they faced a real risk of persecution, but …
Gov response: We welcome the Committee’s support for this clause, which will classify sexual offences which give rise to the notification requirement in the Sexual Offences Act 2003 as being ‘particularly serious’ for the purpose of applying …
Response Not Attributed
#153 —
Recommendation: However, in practice, the lowering of this threshold may have very little effect. Professor Sarah Singer told us: “the Nationality and Borders Act introduced a new interpretation of Article 33(2) [Refugee Convention]… It would be highly unlikely to have a …
Gov response: We welcome the Committee’s support for this clause, which will classify sexual offences which give rise to the notification requirement in the Sexual Offences Act 2003 as being ‘particularly serious’ for the purpose of applying …
Response Not Attributed
#152 —
Recommendation: For these purposes, a particularly serious crime, in domestic law, is a crime for which a person is sentenced to a period of imprisonment of at least 12 months.197 The threshold is therefore amended by this provision in the Bill …
Gov response: We welcome the Committee’s support for this clause, which will classify sexual offences which give rise to the notification requirement in the Sexual Offences Act 2003 as being ‘particularly serious’ for the purpose of applying …
Response Not Attributed
#151 —
Recommendation: The Refugee Convention, in its Article 33(2), allows for refugees to be excluded from non-refoulement protections where there are reasonable grounds for regarding them as a danger to the security of the UK or where if, having been convicted of …
Gov response: We welcome the Committee’s support for this clause, which will classify sexual offences which give rise to the notification requirement in the Sexual Offences Act 2003 as being ‘particularly serious’ for the purpose of applying …
Response Not Attributed
#150 —
Recommendation: Clause 48 was added by way of Government amendment at Report stage in the Commons. It provides for the classification of certain sexual offences as “particularly serious” when determining exclusions from the protection against refoulement, regardless of period of imprisonment. …
Gov response: We welcome the Committee’s support for this clause, which will classify sexual offences which give rise to the notification requirement in the Sexual Offences Act 2003 as being ‘particularly serious’ for the purpose of applying …
Response Not Attributed
#123 —
Recommendation: recommendation We share the concerns of our predecessor Committee that, whilst the states listed may be considered safe in general, this does not guarantee the safety of all individuals from these states, especially those who are members of particular social …
Gov response: As noted in the report, section 59 of the IMA 2023 has not yet been fully commenced. If commenced, it would broaden the application of the existing inadmissibility provisions at section 80A of the Nationality, …
Not Accepted
#122 —
Recommendation: In its observations on the Bill, the UNHCR states: “while designation of safe countries may be used as a procedural tool to prioritise or accelerate the examination of applications in carefully circumscribed situations, it does not displace the requirement for …
Gov response: As noted in the report, section 59 of the IMA 2023 has not yet been fully commenced. If commenced, it would broaden the application of the existing inadmissibility provisions at section 80A of the Nationality, …
Not Accepted
#121 —
Recommendation: In relation to India, Rainbow Migration shared two examples of clients who have been granted asylum in the UK: a. “A trans woman from India came out to her parents at age fourteen. They reacted very negatively, locking her in …
Gov response: As noted in the report, section 59 of the IMA 2023 has not yet been fully commenced. If commenced, it would broaden the application of the existing inadmissibility provisions at section 80A of the Nationality, …
Under Consideration
#120 —
Recommendation: In relation to Georgia, the Refugee Council notes that “in December 2024 the current Government sanctioned five Georgian officials for serious human rights violations. This included the Minister for Interior and the Director of the Tbilisi Police Department. The press …
Gov response: As noted in the report, section 59 of the IMA 2023 has not yet been fully commenced. If commenced, it would broaden the application of the existing inadmissibility provisions at section 80A of the Nationality, …
Not Accepted
#118 —
Recommendation: The implications for Albanian women and children are particularly concerning. For example, an Albanian woman who has been trafficked to the UK and faces a real risk of reprisals and re-trafficking upon return to Albania, could be returned to Albania …
Gov response: As noted in the report, section 59 of the IMA 2023 has not yet been fully commenced. If commenced, it would broaden the application of the existing inadmissibility provisions at section 80A of the Nationality, …
Under Consideration
#117 —
Recommendation: Our predecessor Committee concluded that that whilst the listed States may be considered to be safe ‘in general’, this does not guarantee their safety for all individuals, particularly those who are members of a particular social group. It must be …
Gov response: As noted in the report, section 59 of the IMA 2023 has not yet been fully commenced. If commenced, it would broaden the application of the existing inadmissibility provisions at section 80A of the Nationality, …
Accepted
#116 —
Recommendation: Inadmissibility procedures allow a State to declare claims “inadmissible” when the claim is made by nationals of countries that are deemed safe. Section 80A(5) provides two non-exhaustive examples of exceptional circumstances. These are narrowly construed: first, where the listed state …
Gov response: As noted in the report, section 59 of the IMA 2023 has not yet been fully commenced. If commenced, it would broaden the application of the existing inadmissibility provisions at section 80A of the Nationality, …
Under Consideration
#115 —
Recommendation: Section 59 IMA (partially in force)149 amends section 80A of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, which provides that asylum claims and human rights claims from nationals of listed states must be declared inadmissible. Section 59 IMA principally does …
Gov response: As noted in the report, section 59 of the IMA 2023 has not yet been fully commenced. If commenced, it would broaden the application of the existing inadmissibility provisions at section 80A of the Nationality, …
Under Consideration
#114 —
Recommendation: recommendation We agree with our predecessor Committee that section 29 IMA, which broadens the public order disqualification in section 63 of the Nationality and Borders Act, is not compatible with the UK’s obligations under ECAT and Article 4 of the …
Gov response: As noted above, the Government is committed to ensuring an effective immigration and asylum system and has retained certain measures of the IMA 2023 where they have been assessed as beneficial to that aim. The …
Response Not Attributed
#112 —
Recommendation: Article 13 of ECAT requires state parties to provide a “recovery and reflection period” of at least 30 days to potential VOTs, i.e. when there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person concerned is a victim of trafficking. During …
Gov response: As noted above, the Government is committed to ensuring an effective immigration and asylum system and has retained certain measures of the IMA 2023 where they have been assessed as beneficial to that aim. The …
Response Not Attributed
#108 —
Recommendation: The Helen Bamber Foundation and Asylum Aid state the public order disqualification under the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 is already broad and is catching levels of behaviour that fall below the appropriate threshold for depriving a victim of protections. …
Gov response: As noted above, the Government is committed to ensuring an effective immigration and asylum system and has retained certain measures of the IMA 2023 where they have been assessed as beneficial to that aim. The …
Not Accepted
#105 —
Recommendation: It also mandates that, unless there are ‘compelling circumstances’, non- British victims would be disqualified from protection if they have been sentenced to a period of imprisonment of any length. They will be denied a recovery and reflection period and …
Gov response: As noted above, the Government is committed to ensuring an effective immigration and asylum system and has retained certain measures of the IMA 2023 where they have been assessed as beneficial to that aim. The …
Not Accepted
#94 —
Recommendation: The Illegal Migration Act 2023 (IMA) introduced significant changes to the UK’s asylum system. In summary, it imposed a duty on the Secretary of State to make arrangements to remove any person who enters the UK irregularly and has not …
Gov response: The Government is committed to ensuring an effective immigration and asylum system and has retained certain measures of the IMA 2023 where they have been assessed as beneficial to that aim.
Under Consideration
#93 —
Recommendation: conclusion Clause 37 of the Bill would repeal SORA in its entirety. This is consistent with the current Government’s manifesto commitment to abandon the Rwanda policy. Repeal of SORA will remove the significant incompatibilities identified in the predecessor JCHR’s report. …
Gov response: We welcome the Committee’s support for this clause of the Bill, which will repeal the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 (SoRA 2024) in its entirety. The Government has always been clear that …
Response Not Attributed
#92 —
Recommendation: The Safety of Rwanda Bill sought to establish through legislative means that Rwanda was a safe country despite the Supreme Court’s conclusion that it was not.129 A statement under section 19(1)(b) of the HRA was made when the Bill was …
Gov response: We welcome the Committee’s support for this clause of the Bill, which will repeal the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 (SoRA 2024) in its entirety. The Government has always been clear that …
Response Not Attributed
#91 —
Recommendation: The central provisions of SORA: confirm that the Republic of Rwanda is a safe third country for the purposes of removal; require any court or tribunal to conclusively treat Rwanda as a safe for the purposes of asylum and removal; …
Gov response: We welcome the Committee’s support for this clause of the Bill, which will repeal the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 (SoRA 2024) in its entirety. The Government has always been clear that …
Response Not Attributed
#90 —
Recommendation: The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 (“SORA”) was passed after the Supreme Court held that the Government’s policy of removing asylum seekers to Rwanda, under the Migration and Economic Development Partnership (MEDP), was unlawful.128 SORA was enacted …
Gov response: We welcome the Committee’s support for this clause of the Bill, which will repeal the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 (SoRA 2024) in its entirety. The Government has always been clear that …
Response Not Attributed
#68 —
Recommendation: recommendation The Government should ensure that clause 18 is sufficiently clear and circumscribed, reflects the legitimate aim it is intended to achieve, and is proportionate to that aim. In particular, a mental element should be introduced to ensure that only …
Gov response: Clause 18 introduces a new offence of endangering another during a sea crossing. The clause specifies a clear, defined situation (a crossing by water to the UK from France, Belgium or the Netherlands) to which …
Not Accepted
#1 —
Recommendation: On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Home Office, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) about government’s management of the end-to-end …
Response Pending
ICIBI immigration recommendations(1)
IMB annual reports(2)
Yarl’s Wood (2022)
Yarl’s Wood IRC experienced a shift to a male-only population, including a significant increase in foreign national offenders, during the reporting year. The Board noted an increase in violence, self-harm incidents, and use of force, alongside persistent challenges with staff recruitment, retention, and communication due to language barriers. While healthcare provision was largely commended, concerns remain regarding the length of detention, delays in bail releases, and the need for more comprehensive planning for release and resettlement, particularly for FNOs.
PRISON
Key concerns
Swansea (2022)
HMP Swansea is generally considered a safe and humane prison by the Board, with notable improvements in education, purposeful activity, and resettlement support. However, significant concerns persist regarding the inadequate mental health provision and the challenge of securing accommodation for prisoners on release. Other key issues include delays in cell refurbishment, poor disability access, and inconsistent reporting of segregation decisions to the Board.
PRISON
Key concerns
IMB individual recommendations(21)
Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre (2020)
The Home Office and DET should provide greater guidance for detainees returning to a country where they have not lived for some time, ensuring that they are better equipped for their return.
Home Office
Charter Flight (2020)
Professional interpreting services must be provided to all returnees who need it, at every stage of the removal process on the day, including on the tarmac at the airport (see paragraph 4.5.2 and section 4.9).
Other
Charter Flight (2020)
The same team in an IRC must: (1) continue to offer the Charter Flight Information booklet and explain its contents to all returnees in advance of charter removal, using interpreting services where necessary (see paragraph 4.3.4) and (2) distribute all published literature on reintegration support offered in Jamaica, Pakistan and West Africa to returnees to these countries in advance of …
Other
Charter Flight (2020)
If enforced charter removal to a ‘safe’ country is resumed under, for example, new agreements envisaged in paragraphs 2.3.1 and 2.3.2, these returnees must be told in a language they understand what to expect upon arrival in the ‘safe’ country (see paragraphs 6.1.2 – 6.1.4). The Home Office detainee engagement team (DET) in an IRC should have a role here.
Other
Charter Flight (2020)
If the reality of any such new agreements is that removal from the UK to the ‘safe’ country will be enforced removal, they must contain an express commitment to brief the receiving country on the needs of the returnee – a proper, structured handover of the sort not achieved in 2020, as evidenced in the report.
Other
Risley (2021)
With reference to items 4.2.10 and 5.4.16 in the body of the report, what discussions are you having with colleague ministers in order to help improve the long repatriation/deportation timeframes for foreign national prisoners?
Other
In Progress
Maidstone (2021)
Support to implement effective collaboration between HMPPS and HOIE so that communication and end of sentence management for foreign national prisoners are improved, the number of IS91 detainees is reduced and these detainees are no longer held in closed prisons.
Other
In Progress
Durham (2021)
IS91 men are not being moved on fast enough (5.4.8). How does the Minister intend to solve this problem?
Other
In Progress
Maidstone (2022)
Support, or sponsor if necessary, work to implement effective collaboration between HMPPS and HOIE so that communication and end of sentence management for foreign national prisoners are improved, the number of men detained under IS91 is reduced and that these men are no longer held in prisons.
Ministry of Justice
In Progress
Huntercombe (2022)
the ongoing issue of FNPs who have passed their conditional release date (CRD) and are held as IS91 under immigration powers. The Board has noted no improvement in this matter since first reporting it in our report of 2020.
Other
Huntercombe (2022)
the lack of triaging of all FNPs by the Home Office prior to their arrival at HMP Huntercombe, and thus many arriving already past their ERS date, remains a matter of grave concern to the Board.
Other
Huntercombe (2022)
the Board has witnessed an ever-increasing number of foreign national prisoners (FNPs) transferred to HMP Huntercombe without a deportation order (DO), without which removals under the ERS cannot be facilitated. At the end of the reporting year, only 76 men from a roll of 469 had had a DO issued.
Other
Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre (2020)
Greater efforts should be made to remove time served foreign national offenders (TSFNO) on completion of time served, rather than moving them to the Immigration Detention Estate before arrangements are made for removal.
Other
Wandsworth (2022)
Over 50 immigration detainees have been held in the prison for over 18 months. What is being done to speed up the repatriation, extradition and deportation processes?
Home Office
Implemented
Charter Flight (2022)
In each of its last four annual reports, the CFMT recommended that the use of airports far from the southeast be discontinued. The recommendation was rejected each time and the practice continued during the reporting period. The issue is perhaps now complicated by the opening of further detention sites. Positioning is therefore a core consideration. Returnees should be accommodated for …
Home Office
Chelmsford (2020)
to work with other government agencies to ensure that IS91 prisoners (those detained by the immigration authorities) are informed of the intention to deport at the earliest possible moment, not at the end of their term, which inevitably means that they are detained beyond the end of their sentence
Other
In Progress
Wandsworth (2021)
Immigration service staff were absent throughout the period which caused considerable stress and hardship to foreign nationals, three of whom died during the period. What plans have been put in place to ensure that this most unsatisfactory situation is not repeated in the event of further Covid outbreaks?
Home Office
In Progress
Risley (2022)
Can you advise what discussions are being held with Home Office ministers in order to help improve the ongoing repatriation/deportation procedures for foreign nationals?
Other
Morton Hall (2022)
the arrangements for identifying and transferring foreign national prisoners from other prisons, given the significant gap between the planned and actual roll (see paragraphs 3.1.2, 7.3.1)
HMPPS
Wandsworth (2025)
Around half the men in HMP Wandsworth are foreign national prisoners, yet they received inadequate support. What can be done by the Ministry of Justice to improve services available to these men?
Ministry of Justice
In Progress
Huntercombe (2021)
Together with Home Office colleagues, to resolve the issue of men continuing to be held under immigration powers post-sentence under convicted criminal conditions (paragraphs 4.2.5, 7.3.3, 7.3.4, 7.3.5 and 7.3.6.).
Ministry of Justice
In Progress
Detention investigations(6)
Independent Investigation into Concerns about Brook House Immigration Removal Centre — Rec R34
G4S and the SMT should ensure that the welfare staff at Brook House should develop links with charities and other organisations able to support detainees with resettlement overseas. (To be completed within 3 months)
Immigration Detention
Assessment of government progress in implementing the report on the … — Rec 1
The Home Offce should strengthen its promotion of voluntary returns.
Immigration Detention
Assessment of government progress in implementing the report on the … — Rec 13
The Home Offce should no longer detain any adults over the age of 70 except in ‘exceptional circumstances’.
Immigration Detention
Assessment of government progress in implementing the report on the … — Rec 12
Consideration should be given to AAR Level 2 being sub-divided and, if adopted, the presumption against detention for those in the upper division should be strengthened. The Home Offce should consider the merits of the UNHCR Vulnerability Screening Tool.
Immigration Detention
Assessment of government progress in implementing the report on the … — Rec 11
The current Adults at Risk policy should be amended. Detention of anyone at AAR Level 3 should be subject to showing ‘exceptional circumstances’.
Immigration Detention
Assessment of government progress in implementing the report on the … — Rec 10
While the recent decrease in the overall number of women in detention is welcome, the Home Offce should at the earliest opportunity take further steps to identify women who claim asylum in detention and whose case would be better processed in the community.
Immigration Detention
LGO / SPSO decisions(3)
24-005-970 — London Borough of Hackney
Summary: We will not investigate Mrs X’s complaint about the Council’s decision to refuse her and her husband’s application to sponsor Ukrainian refugees at their home. This is because there is insufficient evidence of fault.
LGO (Local Government & …
Housing
Sep 2024
24-004-494 — City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s decision that the complainant cannot host any more Ukrainian guests. This is because there is insufficient evidence of fault by the Council.
LGO (Local Government & …
Housing
Aug 2024
24-004-872 — Norfolk County Council
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council’s failure to support the complainant when he arrived in the UK. This is because the complaint does not meet the tests in our Assessment Code on how we decide which complaints to investigate. The complaint is late and there is …
LGO (Local Government & …
Other Categories
Jul 2024