Official account of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, providing independent scrutiny to the UK's border and immigration functions.
Reminder: Anyone with knowledge and experience of the Home Office’s child safeguarding arrangements is invited to submit evidence for the ICIBI's inspection of this area on or before 15 October 2026: https://t.co/aqjqaxlghz
The Independent Chief Inspector’s report on ‘An inspection of the Home Office’s pre appeal review process’ has been sent to the Home Secretary today for publication. It contains three recommendations. https://t.co/dSBQUVLvXa
The ICIBI has commenced an inspection of the Home Office’s child safeguarding arrangements and invites anyone with knowledge and experience of this area to provide evidence for the inspection: https://t.co/aqjqaxlghz
The Independent Chief Inspector's report on ‘An inspection of the Future Border and Immigration System benefits realisation’ has been published and is available on the ICIBI website: https://t.co/h5669PJrNh
The ICIBI has commenced an inspection of the Home Office’s role in managing high-harm foreign national offenders in the community and the effectiveness of the operating model in delivering Immigration Enforcement’s public protection objectives:
https://t.co/H7yAoecnAp
The Chief Inspector's report on 'An inspection of the Home Office's engagement with local authorities in the planning and development of asylum accommodation' has been sent to the Home Secretary today for publication. It contains three recommendations. https://t.co/dSBQUVLvXa
The Independent Chief Inspector’s report on 'An inspection of the Future Border and Immigration System benefits realisation' has been sent to the Home Secretary today for publication. It contains three recommendations. https://t.co/dSBQUVLvXa
The Independent Chief Inspector’s report on ‘An inspection of the UK-France Agreement on the Prevention of Dangerous Journeys' has been sent to the Home Secretary today for publication. It contains three recommendations. https://t.co/dSBQUVLvXa
The Independent Chief Inspector's report on ‘An inspection of refusals and cancellations of permission to enter the UK’ has been published and is available on the ICIBI website: https://t.co/nXOZHa1Wya
The Independent Chief Inspector's report on ‘An inspection of asylum casework’ has been published and is available on the ICIBI website: https://t.co/Ov59HCaeG0
The Independent Chief Inspector's report on ‘An inspection of overstayers’ has been published and is available on the ICIBI website: https://t.co/sw2gSFADBT
The Independent Chief Inspector's report on ‘An inspection of administrative reviews’ has been published and is available on the ICIBI website: https://t.co/xxs7P9pDwi
The Independent Chief Inspector's report on ‘An inspection of Home Office management of contact with migrants who are without leave to enter or remain’ has been published and is available on the ICIBI website: https://t.co/DnZMd9A3Vm
Reminder: Anyone with knowledge and experience of the Home Office’s pre-appeals review process is invited to submit evidence for ICIBI's inspection of this area by 24 June 2026: https://t.co/oB0k8ahtuh
The ICIBI has commenced an inspection of the Home Office’s pre-appeals review process and invites anyone with knowledge and experience of this area to provide evidence for the inspection by 24 June 2026: https://t.co/oB0k8ahtuh
The ICIBI inspection report on Home Office country of origin information on Afghanistan and Colombia has been published and is available on the ICIBI website: https://t.co/Rtqowsm3nj
Reminder: The ICIBI’s Independent Advisory Group on Country Information invites tenders to evaluate Home Office country information products on Syria and Bangladesh. For details and information on how to apply (by 8 June 2026), see here: https://t.co/Lj5AmlAJOd
The ICIBI recently conducted its annual stakeholder survey to collect views from stakeholders that have engaged with the inspectorate over the last year. A summary of the 2025 survey results is now available on the ICIBI website: https://t.co/FbmKsiFNQL